If you live in rural Ottawa, you may have heard of the recent proposal to create a Gold Belt in rural Ottawa and add it to their Draft Official Plan along with the expansion of the urban boundary. No surprise…
On January 18, 2021, the Federal Court heard the injunction motion argued by the Applicants’ lawyer, Arkadi Bouchelev. The interim injunction was filed by a group of private applicants to allow owners of firearms affected by the Order in Council…
2021 – Who would have believed it has come so fast. It is strange how each year seems shorter then the year before – yet reliable sources tell me that, other then leap year, when we actually get an extra…
Sir: You removed Sir John A Macdonald from the ten-dollar bill and replaced him with a forgotten maritime lady. That was shameful. In case you haven’t read your history of Canada, Sir John A Macdonald created Canada when the British…
We have a new page on our website called Recommended Reading. If you have not had the time to visit it yet, we recommend you take a look at The theme is property rights of course. We hope you…
I had been working as a grass roots volunteer with United Shoreline Ontario to “spread the message of the IJC’s policy failure” and to hopefully garner support for the countless Lake Ontario shoreline property owners who had lost acres of…
Conservation Authorities and Conservation Ontario have been relentless in their criticism of the amendments to the Conservation Authorities Act outlined in Bill 229, Schedule 6. Landowners, on the other hand, have eloquently and steadfastly supported the changes. Bill 229, including…
We have some exciting news! A new website dedicated to information about the Federal Court case is now available. According to the website, it “is the official information hub for our Federal Court case: Doherty et al vs AGC et…
This month, we feature three “letters to the editor”. The first is from Nat Bugera who tells about her experience researching land patents at Library and Archives Canada, where, she discovered, some patents are available online. The second is from…
