This is the text of an address given to the Canadian Real Estate Association on March 26, 2001 in Ottawa. It has not been updated or checked for current accuracy. The article is reprinted here with the kind permission of…
The OLA attended the Rebel Live event on Saturday, June 17th at the Canadian Christian College in Toronto. We were one of a dozen or so organizations to have a booth there, staffed by Marlene Black, Editor of the Landowner…
What a wonderful landmark to be part of for the citizens all across this great country. Can you imagine! 150 years as a country. It seems like a short time in history, but looking around the world a lot of…
Many of you are aware that the City of Ottawa and the South Nation Conservation Authority were intending to create a wetland in a park in Navan. The community adjacent to the park believe they were not consulted about the…
Every politician has a rough stretch in their career and it’s no surprise that the last year has been tough on our dad. There was sensitivity training, a falling out with Patrick Brown and a dangling nomination that never came.…
The eroding of our property rights has occurred through ignorance of the property laws of this country. The political decision makers be they tribunals, municipal, provincial and/or federal representatives are ignorant of the property laws accorded citizens of Canada through…
During a month of contentious trade issues between Canada and the United States, it was gratifying to see that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump actually did agree on one thing: climate change was not even worth…
As members of the Ontario Landowners, we most often are referred to by people who don’t know us personally as “those property rights lobbyists”. The fact is we are property rights promoters, but we are also your neighbours, your work…
There was yet another disastrous meeting at the Council Chambers last evening during the public meeting held regarding the rezoning of the Don Maynard Park. A resident in the process of delivering his presentation was cut off by the Mayor…
Over the past seven Assessment Review Board (ARB) hearings, the ARB has refused to reference any of the evidence that Industrial Wind Turbines (IWTs) have any affect positively or negatively on nearby property values – Residential, Rural Residential, or Farms.…
