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Ontario Landowners Association

The Ontario Landowners Association shall defend and promote the principal of strong local governments, democracy, and natural justice and represent the interests of the rural community.

For Rural Ontario to survive, Property Rights and judicial reform must be enshrined into law at all three levels of Government, these being; Federal, Provincial, and Municipal.

Rural Ontario is under systematic attack by government bureaucracy and false environmentalism.

The Ontario Landowners have and will continue to expose and meet these threats with determination and resolve in the court of public opinion.


Most Recent Articles by Ontario Landowners Association:

Defending our Constitutional right to freedom of choice

The Carlsbad Springs MNR meat scandal goes back to court; this time with help from recently acquitted dairy farmer Michael Schmidt of Grey-Bruce. Mark Tijssen will be appearing at 13:30 on July 8th at the courthouse at 100 Constellation Crescent in Ottawa's west end. Tijssen is facing four charges stemming from a lengthy undercover sting operation in November 2009 relating to the sharing of a single home-slaughtered pig.
- Thursday, July 8, 2010

Yes Virginia, we do have property rights!

On June 16, 2010, the Crown Land Patent Initiative Committee, an internal group of the Ontario Landowners Association (OLA), met with members of the Federal Conservative Caucus for an informative discussion on the powerful force and effect of Crown Land Patent grants.
- Friday, June 18, 2010

Landowners will hold MP’s to account: Gun Registry vote

The Ontario Landowners’ Association (OLA) will track and target the voting records of opposition MPs from rural ridings who vote against Candice Hoeppner’s private member’s bill to abolish the federal long-gun registry system.
- Friday, June 11, 2010

The Fuse is Lit!

On March 23, 2010 Council of the Township of Asphodel-Norwood became the first member municipality of ORCA to pass the following motion in a 3 to 2 split.
- Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Show Down in Markham-Stop The Theft

The City of Markham is trying to legislate the theft of 4,500 acres of private land, mostly from local farmers, with a proposed "Whitebelt". This follows on the previous theft of 12500 acres under the provincial "Greenbelt". The white belt will prevent the sale of lands, the creation of severances, or any development on these lands under the disguise of “environmental protection”, “sustainable development” and “smart growth”. If the Markham theft is successful, it is expected to be tried everywhere else in Ontario. This environmental thievery must be stopped.
- Monday, February 15, 2010



OLA Denounces Police treatment of Canadian Soldier

(Ottawa) A member of Canada’s armed forces has become the victim of a bad law and bad policing, charges the Ontario Landowners Association. “Major Mark Tijssen, a major in the Canadian army and a resident of Carlsbad Springs, slaughtered a pig on his own property for his own consumption and now he and his friends are suffering police harassment” says OLA president Jack MacLaren.
- Friday, November 20, 2009

Surprise! The Clean Water Act is Not about Clean Water

The City of Peterborough has a resident Canada goose population a few hundred metres upstream from their water intake pipes. The City applied to the ODWSP for funding to plant some shrubs and other plants to deter the geese from accessing the parkland.
- Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Ontario heartworm epidemic linked to thousands of imported dogs

Jillian Donaghey, a transport driver for Boudreux’s Animal Rescue Krewe estimates between 2,500 to 3,000 Louisiana dogs so far have made the 24 hour trip across the border. Marketed as “death row pooches” or “Katrina Dogs”, the puppies, hot off the transport, are often sold within hours. Some at impromptu “adoptathons” staged in parking lots.
- Monday, October 19, 2009

Ottawa’s Farmers’ Market

For Immediate Release: Ottawa, In its present form the “Lansdowne Live” proposal inhibits the viability and potential growth of the Ottawa Farmers’ Market which, last year alone, has served 210,000 customers (70 % of which come from outside the immediate area) with projections for over a million by 2015.
- Monday, October 5, 2009

Will the OLA find justice in Renfrew?

In the spring of 2008, the Township of Horton in Renfrew County decided to install two 10000 gallon "septage" (sewage from septic tanks) storage tanks in the ground on Township property so they could participate in an experimental pilot project of spreading "septage" on farm land. The location that the Township chose is the problem. The tanks are directly across the road from Larry and Cindy Reid's house. The Reid family strongly objected to the planned location of the tanks as would any family. Who would want 20000 gallons of human manure - "septage" - stored in the ground only 125 feet from their home?
- Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Steve Straub and the OLA versus the OSPCA

The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) is taking Steve Straub to court to collect $197000 in costs for the heinous crime of not cleaning out a budgie bird cage.
- Sunday, March 29, 2009

A Not so Green Bill 150

Very soon, the Liberal Government of Ontario will pass Bill 150. If this bill is passed in its current form, and you plan to sell or lease your house or an apartment in the future, you will have to get “an energy audit” of your property done by one of about 450 licensed energy auditors active in Ontario. The cost is about $300-$400 for this. Then, there will be more expenses waiting for you, the owner of the property, in the form of fixing the “deficiencies” found during the “energy audit”. That can add up to a substantial sum of money depending on the condition and age of your property. This unintended consequence will cause an untold hardship to those in our society who can afford it the least - senior citizens and low income families. Some of them may be unable to sell their homes as a result of this legislation.
- Thursday, March 26, 2009

Mackie’s Mountain Archery

A Stakeholders Press Conference will be held on March 10, 2009 at 4pm at 3922 Zimmerman Road, Beamsville, Ontario. Directions may be found here:
- Monday, March 9, 2009

Gilles Legros vs. the OSPCA

Gilles Legros of Dundas county called the OLA for help on Feb. 18. The OSPCA from Cornwall - Bonnie Bishop - with two OPP enforcers and the Township By-Law enforcement officer arrived at his farm property on Feb. 17 where he and his wife are operating a dog breeding facility and wrote several orders, including one to clip the dogs toe nails. Bonnie Bishop was disrespectful of the Legros family. The OLA recommended that he have his veterinarian check out all his dogs and horses the next day and give him a report on the status of their health and the care that he provides for his animals. The veterinarian said that the animals were all healthy and well cared for.
- Sunday, March 8, 2009

OLA Brings “Gifts” to MPAC

The Ontario Landowners Association (OLA) will bring "gifts" of boxes of "Requests for Reconsideration" forms from across Ontario to present to the president of the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) at MPAC head quarters in Pickering at 11.00 A.M. on Friday Feb. 13. A crowd of 500 - 1000 people carrying their "Property Assessment Notices 2008" is expected. Speeches from the soap box will be made at 11.00 A.M. to reveal the OLA's plan for change before we proceed up the elevator to the 13th floor to present the "gifts".
- Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Freedom to Choose

The Ontario Landowners Association (OLA) Board of Directors has decided, by way of majority vote, to support Michael Schmidt in his pursuit of the freedom of choice to drink raw milk. The OLA will be present in court with Michael Schmidt in Newmarket on Wednesday, Feb. 4 to show this support.
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009

OLA draws a bead on MPAC

There will be a mass protest action of Ontario Landowner Association members from across Ontario at the MPAC head office at 1305 Pickering Way, Pickering on Friday Feb. 13th at 11.00 A.M. OLA members and supporters are asked to gather at 10.30 A.M. in the "Bay shopping centre" parking lot across the street from the MPAC office on Pickering Way. From there we will march across the street to the MPAC office and speeches will follow. The OLA will then lead a procession of Landowners to the president’s office and present him with a pile of "Requests for Reconsideration". This is only the beginning.
- Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Founding Meeting of the Muskoka Landowners Association

On Saturday January 10, 2009 the Muskoka Landowners Association (MLA) held its inaugural meeting in Bracebridge at the Royal Canadian Legion. The room was at capacity : 155 attendees with standing room only.
- Thursday, January 15, 2009

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