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…
As some of you have probably heard there was an extremely egregious unsubstantiated ruling from the Supreme Court of British Columbia, dated 2025 08 07. This ruling has effectively removed “fee-simple” ownership of land, homes, businesses, etc. You may/do not own…
Printed with the kind permission of the author. The Orwellian hellscape described in the classic book 1984 is being put in place in Canada in the form of three pieces of legislation currently making their way through the House of Commons. There…
About the OLA E-News: Our first issue launched on July 1, 2013. Since then, we’ve published on the first of every month, sharing: -Updates on projects and court cases we’ve attended -Who we are, what we do, and how you can help…
