It is not often that a lobbyist group openly brags about their achievements in getting a government to pass desired legislation. A publication and website posting of the Ivy Foundation created in late 2007 outlines in self-congratulatory detail of how…
The Huron County Board of Health (BOH) chair, Tyler Hessel, appears to be reneging on his commitment to implement the investigation of potential health effects of wind turbines. In April 2016, Hessel called for an emergency board meeting. The next…
Rural Ontario is up in arms today over the apparent suspension of a one-of-a-kind wind turbine health investigation that may never happen. Medical Officer of Health for Huron County Dr. Janice Owen became aware of numerous health complaints from people…
On May 11, Elizabeth Marshall, OLA Director of Research attended the Standing Committee on the Legislative Committee regarding Bill 100, the supporting Ontario’s Trails Act. Some revisions have been made to the Bill. You can view the revisions as well…
Two news articles were emailed to me this week. They are related in that they both speak about the burden of over-regulation in Ontario. The first article speaks about the Wynne government’s blueprint to change everything about how we use…
So how many times have you heard people say that those old laws that the OLA keeps bringing up to defend the property rights of people, are irrelevant and outdated and not of consequence in this new ‘modern’ Canada? Well…
A proposed change to Central Manitoulin’s Restrictive Zoning By-law will be fatal for a small family farm. The Municipality of Central Manitoulin doesn’t like the use of sea containers within their territory, claiming it’s “in the public’s best interest to…
It is hard to come up with a standard name for this hearing since there are seven appellants. Therefore we will use the following as reference: 16 036 Wiggins v. Ontario MOECC The hearing also includes, 16 037 Elwood v.…
Hello folks, For those of you who have been following the court case involving the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authorities (NVCA) vs the Gilmors, here is where we are at. The NVCA have appealed the Gilmors win, and will now go…
Animals cannot live without oxygen. Plants cannot live without CO2. Plants produce the oxygen but are also the major source of food for most animals. Most political leaders are pushing to reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere because…
