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…
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…
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…
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…
On Monday, April 23, North Gower landowners attended a Court of Revision meeting to appeal assessments to upgrade the Cranberry Creek municipal drain. An engineer’s report completed in December 2017 was the basis for the assessments. Of the 300 households…
As I pen this page, I think of my ancestors who came to this country from the Emerald Isle, to escape the potato famine. The population of Ireland in 1835 was about 8 million people. Though accurate records were not…
Frank Burke, president of the North Renfrew United Landowners (NRUL), welcomed everyone to a meeting on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. He introduced Tracy McIntyre, Account Manager Municipal and Stakeholder Relations, and Kenneth Rennick, Manager of Valuations and Customer Relations from…
This was the title of the November 23, 2014 episode of Cross Country Checkup with host Rex Murphy. Landowners have long complained about the state of justice in Ontario and, indeed, across the country. We are familiar with the process…
Municipalities and other public bodies are charged with making decisions which have wide-reaching impacts across broad swaths of society. They are often mandated to do so, explicitly or implicitly, in the public interest, and in a free, open, and democratic…
I am starting a new series of articles. I hope the last series was able to remove some of the mystery when appearing in court to answer charges brought against you using the Provincial Offences Act relating to municipal by-laws,…
