Government restricting acceptable uses of private lands by private landowners
The Rebellion against Injustice Decree
By Randy Hillier
Sunday, May 14, 2006
all levels of government are restricting — without compensation - what have been historically acceptable uses of private lands by private landowners. With few exceptions these restrictions are promoted and enforced under the banner of "Necessary because of benefit for the collective or public good". These restrictions invariably serve to promote dense urban growth and are detrimental to rural living and rural commerce. If this regulatory expansion of governments is allowed to continue, the intentional consequence will be inevitable: the depopulation of rural Ontario. The cities need our rural land for three reasons: a dumping ground for city trash, a well to slake their thirst, or public parkland for their urban populations.
The Legislation that paves this path of rural destruction is unending: The Places to Grow act, The Clean Water act, The Nutrient Management act, The Safe Drinking Water act, The Species at Risk act, The Provincial Policy Statement on Land Use and Planning, The Oak Ridges Moraine act, and, there are many, many others. Without exception these acts target rural Ontario's heritage, culture and lifestyle, while appeasing the ignorant urban mindset that the rural environment is in need of salvation, and that this can only be achieved by immediate government intervention. It is clear and evident that the greatest immediate danger to Canada's environment and safety stems from the rapidly expanding, concentration of people in the major urban centres; a fact that our policymakers and lawmakers wilfully ignore.
To prevent the depopulation and destruction of Rural Ontario, and counter the public dominion over private lands, the Ontario Landowners association (OLa) has developed two pieces of legislation: "The Protection of Private Property act", and the Stewardship of Public lands Strategy", that will be proclaimed - and becomes effective - on May 16. 2006. These will be further known as "The Rebellion against Injustice Decree" (RaID)
Stewardship Strategy
- The OLa will begin to collect data and survey all public lands and offices that pose a danger to Rural Ontario. These offices include but are not limited to: Local Conservation authorities properties, Local Health Units administration offices, OSPCa properties, OMPaC offices, Provincial OMaFRa, MNR, MOE and Municipal affairs properties; Federal departments, such as Environment, Natural Resources, agriculture, and Fisheries. Municipal buildings and lands, and Crown or agreement forests are exempted from this Strategy unless the municipality is complicit in the enforcement of provincial policy that abridges the fundamental freedoms and rights of landowners, in which case those municipalities will be subject to this Strategy.
- Upon evaluations determined from the data collection in part one, The OLa may, from time to time as it deems necessary, alter, develop and improve the natural features and landscapes on these public lands in any manner that may be determined to be beneficial for the greater good of the rural public. The OLa reserves the right to close or restrict access to those public properties as may be deemed necessary.
Protection of Private Property aCT- Highlights
- all private landowners will refuse public entry onto private lands without judicial warrants. Entry with Judicial warrants may be refused if in the opinion of the OLa, the warrant has been obtained using false or misleading information.
- The County Landowner associations, with the support of the OLa, have organised rapid response teams in each county to come to the assistance of any landowner who may be confronted by demands for warrantless entry onto the landowner's property.
- The OLa will only use the degree of force that may be necessary to resist and repel any warrantless entry onto private property that occurs without the consent of the property owner.
- The execution of all legal warrants will be checked to insure "Natural Justice' is respected.
- The protections afforded in this act apply to all Landowners whose properties are posted with a recognized "landowner" sign.
- any public official or inspector who enters without announcement or without the owner's consent shall be deemed to be committing a trespass pursuant to the Trespass to Property act (TTPa) and may be arrested and detained at the discretion of the landowner, or those persons assisting the landowner, as per the provisions of the TTPa.
- The protections of this act extend to Landowners engaged in legal commerce on public lands e.g.: farmers Markets.
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