A public meeting was recently held in the municipality of Georgian Bluffs on the contents of a new Zoning Bylaw. This is round two for the municipality, as they already passed one in September 2018. This bylaw was passed in…
This week, we had terrific news coming from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. Maybe you heard about it: MPP Jeff Yurek, Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks sent a letter to all Conservation Authorities asking them to “wind…
We’re almost there! You may recall that we filed a Notice of Application starting a Charter Challenge of the OSPCA Act in October 2013. This resulted in a five and a half-year process that produced a favourable decision for us,…
On August 24th and 25th Saugeen Antique Power Association held their 25th anniversary at Cedar Rail Campgrounds in Scone, Ont. A Robert Bell steam engine, on loan from Grey Roots museum was there in all its glory. After a two-hour…
Please read and share the OLA’s press release on Minister Yurek’s letter to the Conservation Authorities. Download the Press Release.
On April 5, 2019, the Ontario government posted a proposal on their Environmental Registry website called “Focusing conservation authority development permits on the protection of people and property”. The title was encouraging, and some might have been persuaded that…
Recently Tom DeWeese, President of American Policy Center, has been writing articles about the Green New Deal and the attack on ranchers, here, here, and here. His articles have garnered tremendous response. I am the one who responds to the emails sent to…
The room grew silent, rather like the air had just been sucked out of it. It was a very uncharacteristic type of quiet for a bunch of farmers who had been quite vocal about every other issue tackled at a…
I have a beef with animal activists. By animal activists I don’t mean animal lovers. Many of us fall into that category but these activists stand alone. They are not animal lovers and I don’t think they have a clue…
For those who read my articles, I do not mince my words when it comes to Conservation Authorities in Ontario. Let me be clear on the OLA position regarding the Conservation Authorities. What they were and are supposed to do…
