The mandate of the Ontario Landowners Association (OLA) includes the objective to “Educate the public that the greatest threat to Ontario is excessive legislation and over regulation”. A perfect place to engage the public is the annual Ottawa Valley Farm…
The Prescott-Russell Landowners Association (PRLA) hosted a public meeting at the South Plantagenet Hall on Thursday, March 13. Among the speakers were Tim Mount, Jean-Serge Brisson, Shirley Dolan and Tom Black from the Carleton Landowners Association (CLA). Tim Mount gave…
“Join the fight against Hydro rates” is in fact a Facebook page which has, in a very short time, become a very important internet location. The current campaign advertised by the page is an Ontario-wide rally on April 4th happening…
On March 17, 2014, US Federal Court Judge Ronald Guzman sentenced T.V. infomercial pitchman Kevin Trudeau to 10 years in prison for fraud. Trudeau stood accused of running misleading infomercials in order to sell weight loss books. The judge pointed…
In 1998 the new Town of Mississippi Mills (“MM”) was incorporated by amalgamating the Town of Almonte, and the Townships of Ramsay and Pakenham located in Lanark County, Ontario Canada. The sewage treatment plant which formerly serviced the old Town…
One of my favourite websites, which I browse often, is the Canadian Justice Review Board website. The CJRB is a “national organization which provides an analysis of proposed and existing legislation and its impact. It serves as an information collection…
For me, one of the benefits of joining the Landowner movement has been an increased interest in the history of our country, in particular, how it was formed and what reasoning was used by the founding fathers to establish Canada…
Several years ago, in the fall of 2007, the landowners met and staged a demonstration in Georgetown to support Bob Mackie and his fight against the Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC) who said that he couldn’t have an archery range on his…
Today is a sad day for the Ontario Landowners Association. On February 8, 2014 at about 4 a.m. Bob Mackie passed away in hospital from complications associated with an ongoing heart condition. Many will know Bob as one of the…
This article first appeared in the Landowner Magazine and is reprinted with their permission. It is a great example of the importance of having your Crown Land Patent. There are 180 species at risk in Ontario. The Endangered Species Act,…
