You may recall that the Ontario Landowners Association worked with the provincial government to improve the Conservation Authorities Act and return them to their original mandate. The next step is to define new regulations. Posted on May 13, comments are open until…
The classification of pesticides in Ontario has changed catching experienced farmers unaware of new restrictions and putting their animals and crops at risk. Starting on January 1, 2021, farmers need to be certified to buy and use Class B or…
Many years ago, the president of the Ontario Landowners Association, Jack MacLaren, farmer and seed salesman, decided to take a stab at being an MPP at Queen’s Park. There was a conservative MPP already in the position and had been…
Well, it looks like North America has finally gotten the right people in place to get the work done to save the world from us capitalist, low-life, knuckle-dragging Neanderthals. They think that heating our homes with oil or wood in…
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) has submitted a brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs. The brief, written by Bruce Pardy, Professor of Law, and Jody Wells, JD candidate, calls the Federal…
As I mentioned in my March OLA ENews article about the City of Ottawa’s New Official Plan (Ottawa’s New Official Plan Goes Off the Rails), what started out as a reasonable process soon became non-transparent and secretive in 2020 during…
How to Fight Back in your Community is the title of the eighth in a series of activist training seminars created by Tom DeWeese and the American Policy Centre. It couldn’t have come at a better time! Why not take…
Many of you will be familiar with a guide called “What to do WHEN They Come for You”. Written several years ago to help landowners cope with unwanted visitors who enter their property unannounced and uninvited, this guide is available…
Municipalities across Ontario are updating or introducing tree-cutting by-laws. OLA Director of Research, Elizabeth Marshall has updated her report on the subject. First published in 2012, the report explains that the Municipalities need to consider other pieces of legislation, prior…
