Invasion of Privacy By Danny Vick
The following is a true and rather unbelievable story that happened to me. It all started July 8, 2017 as I left my home in Almonte, Ontario just after midnight for my annual vacation in the United States, the same…
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Why the OLA Challenged the Constitutionality of the OSPCA Act by Marlene Black
Dear farmers and animal owners: For many years now, the Ontario Landowners Association has been receiving panicked calls from surprised animal owners/farmers/urban pet owners telling us that the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) was at…
The Liberal Wynne – a Poem by Dale Dawson
Come all you students and scholars of history and rational people alarmed at the mystery Our class will study, and I know it’s quite grim the mind-boggling madness of the liberal Wynne Is the liberal Wynne really a fad or…
Own Land? Book Campers
Get people outside, build community, and earn an income. Those are just a few goals of Campertunity, a web application where landowners can list their land for campers to book. “Landowners own thousands of acres across Canada and we encourage…
Case Law and Property Rights by Erica Furney
Here are three examples of case law which speak to people’s property rights. Ontario Landowners Association (OLA) members uphold these rights. The case law below demonstrates positive outcomes when property owners took government entities to court for interfering with their private…
The Hunt Camp By Barney Moorhouse
The “DEATH of the HUNT CAMP” article in The Landowner, October/November 2017, caught the attention of many, self included. Was the sky really falling? Following is what I have been able to ascertain. Warning; there are more questions than answers.…
OSPCA ACT Charter Challenge – Heard at Last by Shirley Dolan
When the Ontario Landowners Association embarked on a charter challenge of the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals (OSPCA) Act in October 2013, little did we realize that it we would wait over four and a half…
Have you considered The Trillium Party of Ontario? By Tom Black
Hello Folks, The leaders debate on May 27th reinforced what Liz Marshall always says “They’re all the same and all to blame”. The Liberals claim that they have balanced the budget and fixed the infrastructure for roads and hydro. The…
Fighting Back against the Conservation Authorities Act by Jeff Bogaerts
Hello Everyone. On Wednesday May 23, 2018, the OLA marked a milestone in our long struggle for property rights. In Orangeville court, I was defending a client on day 2 of a 3 day trial for alleged violations of the…
Next it Might be You (NIMBY) by Ken Westcar
After decades of service reductions and track demolition it seems the tide is turning on railway transportation in Ontario and Quebec. Freight carriers, primarily Canadian National (CN) and Canadian Pacific (CP) report increasing demand for long-haul services while short-lines (local…