This week’s deeply disturbing revelations in Ottawa suggest that Prime Minister Mark Carney has been covertly, methodically establishing a Big Brother State, where Carney and cabinet executive orders will be extended without parliamentary oversight or need of public disclosure, and…
Join the conversation on the OLA’s Forum. A topic has been started on Land Acknowledgements which are increasingly becoming a topic of conversation. https://ontariolandowners.ca/community/land-use-zoning/land-acknowledgements/#post-40 Land acknowledgments, as a modern public practice, gained significant traction in Canada post-2015 with the Truth…
Dear Members, As we close the chapter on 2025 and step into a new year, I want to take a moment to reflect on what we’ve accomplished together and to look ahead with confidence. This past year has tested our…
The Problem: Defective Bylaws Across Ontario, municipalities continue to pass bylaws that exceed their lawful authority. Provincial legislation sets strict limits on municipal powers, yet councils often ignore these boundaries. Section 14 of the Municipal Act, 2001 is clear: a…
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all members of the Ontario Landowners Association, to your families, and to our friends across Ontario and beyond. As your President, it is both an honour and a joy to bring you greetings…
Shocking but not surprising! This is the way Bruce Pardy described the recent landmark decision by the British Columbia Supreme Court on August 7, 2025. Included in the decision was the notion that wherever aboriginal title exists, it is prior…
Join MP Cheryl Gallant and guest MP Aaron Gunn for a roast beef dinner on December 4, 2025 from 6-9PM. Where: Rankin Culture and Recreation Centre20 Rankin Rink Rd, Pembroke, ON. Tickets are $75 per person and are available at…
Justin Trudeau launched the largest expropriation of private property in Canadian history with his gun grab. Now even that legacy isn’t safe. Buried in the Budget Implementation Bill is the biggest landgrab in a century. Canadians may be shocked to…
What If Your Land Rights Are Older Than Canada? If you own farmland in Ontario, your rights to that land might go back before Canada even existed. That’s not just history—it’s power. The land grants issued by the British Crown…
With 13 of 19 grid-scale wind power projects proposed but now rejected by the “host” municipalities, the verdict is in: Ontario’s rural communities do not support industrial-scale wind power development. Most of Ontario’s municipal councils presented with new proposals for…
