The OLA pushes the Otonabee Region Conservation Authority into a "Wetland" that they stole

Cliff Tripp of Peterborough has been robbed of the wealth of his property by the Otonabee Region Conservation Authority by way of placing a "Provincially Significant Wetland Designation" on his two vacant residential building lots. The two lots, as a result, have "zero market value". Cliff Tripp is a 92 year old war veteran who is deserving of being treated with respect by government. He must be compensated fully for the true market value of his lots. Join us in Peterborough on Monday Dec 21, 2:00 PM at the Otonabee Region Conservation Authority offices at 250 Milroy Dr. to stand in support of Cliff Tripp and his fight for property rights.

The OLA will deliver a Christmas message to the Otonabee Region Conservation Authority!

• From Ottawa- Follow Hwy 7 West which becomes Lansdowne St. Turn right on Park St. and continue north thru Peterborough. Park St. eventually becomes Reid St. which becomes Chemong Rd. At the north side of Mall (Portage Place) turn right on Milroy.
• From Lindsay- HWY 7 East. Go straight thru light at Fowlers Corners onto Lindsay Rd. Turn right on Chemong Rd. Turn left on Milroy.
• From Toronto- 401 East to Hwy 115 North. Go north on Hwy 28 to Fowlers Corners, turn right on Lindsay Rd. Turn right on Chemong Rd. Turn left on Milroy.
• From Ottawa- Hwy 401 West to Hwy 28 North at Port Hope. Follow directions above.

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.

MacLaren explains that after an anonymous complaint from a neighbour, police raided Major Tijssen’s home and seized his butchering equipment. “The police also interrogated Tijssen for over an hour and bullied his friends,” says MacLaren.

Charges have not been laid as of yet, but police are investigating Tijseen to ascertain if he violated the "Food Safety and Quality Act.

“This whole episode is ridiculous,” says MacLaren. “Major Tijssen’s actions didn’t harm anyone. He wasn’t going to sell the pork. Yet thanks to an anonymous tip, the police are treating him and his friends like dangerous criminals. That’s wrong.”MacLaren says his group has vowed to help Tijssen fight for his rights.

Lanark Landowners to run Slate of Candidates in 2010 Ontario Municipal Elections

The Lanark Landowners Association will field a Slate of Candidates in the 2010 Ontario Municipal Elections in Lanark County. During the next 12 months, the Lanark Landowners will recruit local residents to run in the 55 elected positions in the 8 Municipalities of Lanark County.

Smiths Falls, Ontario October 23, 2009 – The Lanark Landowners are setting the stage to make the 2010 Ontario Municipal Elections the most exciting in recent memory. The Lanark Landowners, famous for their “STOP – Back Off Government” cry for property rights, are wading into local municipal politics.

Not content with electing Randy Hillier, one of the original founding members of the Lanark Landowners and the Ontario Landowners as M.P.P. for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox & Addington, the LLA are going to repeat this success story at the municipal government level.

The Lanark Landowners will be recruiting local residents from each of the 8 municipalities of Lanark County to run in 55 elected positions. During the next 12 months, open door work shops and town hall meetings will be held. Residents, potential candidates and currently elected council representatives are encouraged to come to these meetings.

The work shops will determine the priorities needed to run municipal government. There will be no deficits. Sewers, roads, bridges and potholes will be fixed first. Schools, hospitals and retirement facilities will be built first. Farm land will be brought back into food production and not paved over for massive and out dated sub-divisions. Farmers markets will be top priority for food distribution. Wetlands, critical to the environment for pollution control will not be drained and paved over for shopping malls.

Lanark County was built on a history of sawmills, dairies and cheese factories, beef, pork and sheep, butchers and abattoirs, water power, woollen mills and quarries. Recreation in the wilderness consisted of hunting, fishing, boating, canoeing and camping. All of these farm products, manufacturing and recreation activities are sustainable and renewable for generations.

Lanark County is not a suburb of Ottawa and we will not tolerate municipal politics that has dragged Carleton County into a black hole of massive deficits, huge property taxes and billions of litres of pollution. Ottawa City politics have destroyed the rural life of Carleton County. The un-elected, bureaucracy is running the city and political infighting has paralysed the democratic process, leaving the people to fend for themselves.

Unfair and excessive property taxes, land use, land restriction and re-zoning will not be tolerated if the landowner is not compensated accordingly. Provincial or Federal acts that violate property rights , restrict private land use or where private land is “deemed to be an environmentally sensitive or species at risk area” will be fought at every level. MPAC (municipal property assessment corporation) will be required to assess every property prior to raising property taxes and the practice of “reverse billing” will end.

The McGuinty government is on notice. If anyone of the 500,000 provincial acts, regulations, minister directives or provincial boards contravene the Charter of Rights and Freedoms then that act or regulation will be deemed to be without authority.

“corruptissima re publica plurimae leges”
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.

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. The city was denied funding last spring but it wasn’t until September and after much effort by Wayne Stiver the manager of the water treatment system that they were told why their application had been rejected. He was told in a phone call by an unnamed MOE official that it was because the geese are a “native, natural population” but he could not get that in writing from the MOE. Finally a response was provided. (See attachment)

To further add to things the Peterborough PUC did an assay of the e coli that was coming into their water intakes in 2006 as at that time agricultural activities several miles upstream was being targeted as the cause. To everyone’s surprise 68% of the e coli in the raw water was coming from the goose population. This leaves only 32% from all agricultural, septic, runoff and boat discharge combined.

They are having a difficult time taking this response back to the livestock producers in the area, to cover their eyes and pretend that discharge of avian feces is not a threat whereas hog and livestock producers having to spend thousands of extra dollars on their facilities which have served them well for years and never created a problem must now live in fear behind buffer strips all the while applying their nutrients properly and under the scrutiny of NMP’s and the MOE. It now begs the question: If the source water protection act does not protect people’s drinking water, then what is it for? Wasn’t it e coli that killed people in Walkerton?

Gerry Nicholls Retained by OLA as "Communications Consultant"

The Ontario Landowners Association is pleased to announce that Gerry Nicholls has been retained as "Communications Consultant".

Gerry Nicholls is well known and respected advocate of independence and freedom for Canadian citizens. He was a senior officer at the National Citizens Coalition for twenty two years.

His job will be to communicate to government, the public and the membership the activities and objectives of the Ontario Landowners Association.

“I am proud and honoured to be associated with the OLA”, said Nicholls. “It’s an organization I respect and which is doing great work to promote and protect private property rights in Ontario.”

The Ontario Landowners Association adopted the five year "OLA Business Plan" which charts the future path and objectives of the organization at its AGM in Shelburne on October 24. The corner stone of the "OLA Business Plan" was to hire a "communications consultant".

OLA Mission Statement:

Landowners shall have the right to own, use, enjoy and profit from their property and shall not be deprived of those rights except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice including full, fair and timely compensation.

If you require more background information, please contact the following:

Jack MacLaren, President, Ontario Landowners Association
Ph: 613 832-3201
Cell: 613 223-5534

Gerry Nicholls
www.gerrynicholls.com
Ph: 905-849-5863
Cell: 416-371-0104

HYDRO “KICKS” FARMER WHEN HE IS DOWN BUT...
THERE IS A HAPPY ENDING

Wayne Bartels is a hog producer with state-of-the-art barns in the Haldimand region (in York). He has 4,500 head of hogs. He’s won awards right across Canada for the quality of his hogs.

He ran into trouble in the summer due to hog prices dropping drastically. The prices had plunged so low that the packers wanted Wayne to pay THEM to take the hogs ($10/hog). As a result, he wasn’t able to pay his hydro bill (he had, until July, consistently paid in full and on time).

On Tuesday, October 13, David got a frantic call from Wayne. Haldimand Hydro had shut off his power. He was having to use emergency generators in order to temporarily sustain his hydro and save his hogs. He said he had nowhere to turn. He’d already called the Ontario Pork Producers, his Members of Parliament etc. Nobody could (or would) help. The CEO of Haldimand Hydro was on holidays. Doug Kurtis - acting CEO who had made the decision to cut off Wayne’s power - had not discussed any payment options with Wayne. He had simply suggested that Wayne euthanize his pigs, and he had even threatened to call the Humane Society on him.

David called Doug Kurtis himself that day, and spoke to him for half an hour. Doug was stubbornly insistent that this was not their problem and they were not going to do anything to help Wayne. David then called Toby Barrett’s office, Randy Hillier, Jack MacLaren, and several newspaper reporters, trying to publicize the situation.

Wayne’s story hit approximately 14 different newspapers, as well as CHCH-TV11 (a Hamilton station). David called Doug Kurtis back on Friday, October 16, and argued with him for another half hour. David ended the call by getting the name, and e-mail address, of the vacationing CEO (Doug’s boss) so we could report this mess to him. Approximately 1 1/2 hours later - before we’d even written the e-mail to the true CEO - the power was restored to Wayne’s farm.

Annual General Meeting of the Ontario Landowners Association
Saturday October 24, 2009 at "Chipwood Park" at Shelburne

Dear OLA members,

I invite you to join us at the Annual General Meeting of the Ontario Landowners Association(OLA) in Shelburne on October 24th at 1.00 P.M. You will find it to be an exciting and interesting event. The main focus of the meeting will be the presentation of the "OLA Business Plan" followed by the call for vote of acceptance by the OLA Board of Directors. The "OLA Business Plan" will chart a new course for the OLA. The "OLA Business Plan" will be emailed to all of you very soon. The AGM "Agenda" is attached and below.

We are also very pleased to have Gerry Nicholls as our guest speaker. Gerry is leading "conservative" speaker and writer in Canada.

The meeting will at "Chipwood Park" at 476418 Third Line Melancthon, Shelburne, Ontario. Shelburne is about 15 miles north of Orangeville. From Shelburne, take Hwy. #10 north about one mile to the curve in the road to the left, turn right onto the Third line Melancthon at the Cemetery on the curve, follow the Third Line for two miles to "Chipwood Park" on the left side of the road. Go to the Pavilion. See you there.

Accomodation:

You can park your truck and trailer at "Chipwood Park" or here is a list of local motels:

1. Panorama Inn - 25 Broadway, Orangeville 519 941 7440
2. Atlanta Motel - 316 Broadway, Orangeville 519 941 8280
3. NorPeel Motel - R.R. #6, Orangeville 519 941 0840
4. Hyland Motel - at corner of Hwys. #89 and #10 519 925 5552
5. Skyview Motel - eight miles north of Shelburne on Hwy. #1 519 923 9200

There will be fun, a banquet, music, dancing and good visiting with fellow "Landowners" from across Ontario.

Tickets for the meeting are $20. and tickets for the dinner are $20. Please reserve dinner tickets by October 15th by contacting the "Dufferin Landowners Association" at:
email: dufferinlandowners@hotmail.com - please indicate how many tickets you require.
phone:
Susan Davis - secretary - Dufferin Landowners Association   519 923 6536
Jim Turner - president - Dufferin Landowners Association   519 923 2036   corbettonceo@yahoo.ca
Please mail your cheque payable to "Dufferin Landowners Association" to - Susan Davis, P.O. Box 768, Dundalk, Ont. N0C 1B0
or pay by VISA or Master Card credit card - contact Jim Turner by phone or by email.

Jack MacLaren   President   Ontario Landowners Association   613 832 3201

MEETING AGENDA

1. Welcome and introduction of special guests
2. Special guest speaker - Gerry Nicholls - a leading Canadian conservative - with questions – 45 min..
3. OLA Business Plan by Tristan Emmanuel and Jack - questions and discussion - call for a vote. - 30 min.
4. The first step – a recommendation from the Executive Committee - questions and discussion - call for a vote - 15 min.
5. A Plan for the Structure of our Organization – Garry Otten – 15 min.

Break at 3.00 P.M. - 15 min.

6. Randy Hillier MPP - election 2011 - what does it mean to the OLA?
7. “Project 2010” - Jeff Bogearts – Lanark– the 2010 municipal elections
8. “Patent Land Grants” – Garry Otten and Brock Napier
9. Increase the share of the $40. membership fee to go to the OLA to $25. - discussion - call a vote
10. Commission fee to encourage membership sales - $10./membership plus 10% of donations of $100. or more - discussion - call a vote
11. OLA Membership Committee - an executive member
12. OLA Merchandise Committee – an executive member
13. OLA Communications Committee – an executive member
14. OLA Web site Committee - chair Bob Mackie
15. Minutes of last years AGM - Karl von Bloedau
16. Treasurers report – Doug Cully
17. OLA Legal Defense Fund report – Karl von Bloedau
18. Election of Executive Committee – facilitator – Ian Cumming

AWARDS:

Ontario Landowners Association Special Recognition Award – presented by Merle Bowes

Wayne Gyde Memorial Award for Integrity and Commitment – presented by Donna Gyde and Allan Cole with Randy Hillier

The Most Outstanding County Landowners Association of the Year Award – presented by Garry Otten

The Worst Cop of the Year Award – presented by Edward Kennedy

19. Adjourn

Social hour – 5.00 P.M.
Banquet – supper – 6.00 P.M.
Evening band and dance – 8.00 P.M.
“Chipwood Park” at 476418 Third Line Melancthon, Shelburne, Ont.

MP Ruby Dhalla attempting to buy votes with our money

OAS pensions Bill C-428 An Act to Amend the Old Age Security Act ( residency requirements)

This bill had first reading in the house on June 18, 2009. MP Ruby Dhalla who introduced the bill represents the riding of Brampton. Right now you have to have lived in Canada for 10 years in order to qualify for Old Age Security. She wants the time reduced to 3 years. So you could come immigrate when you are 62 years old, never work or contribute to this county’s tax system etc and qualify for full Old Age Security benefits. Can you believe this? This bill must not get passed and it is about time we call our elected MP’s as well as the NDP and Liberal candidates and ask them if they support this bill. This may be one factor to help us determine who get elected in the next election. Spread the message to family and friends write letters , send emails or call Members of Parliament.

It is time Canada looked after its own citizens before splashing OUR money around on people who have no right to this money, never having contributed to it. If a family wishes to bring elderly relatives here and wish to waive their own right to collect these resources in order that the elderly relatives can...fine...otherwise, look after them yourself and do not expect the Canadian people to do it for you. There are too many people abusing the generosity of the Canadian people, it needs to stop....NOW!

Hosted by the Stormont & Dundas Landowners Association

More Allies in our Fight Against the Heavy Handed OSPCA

We recently received a $200 donation from the Ontario Bear Hound Association last week. Bob Fraser of Haliburton, Ontario is their president. (705 754- 3510). In his accompanying letter, Bob writes "The OBHA likes the way your organization has taken on the OSPCA in court challenges and this donation will help."

Our actions against the OSPCA are being noticed by a lot of people and we are getting a lot of support from people like the Ontario Bear Hound Association. The slaying of this OSPCA dragon is a big job and it may take more than a day to do it. But the dragon will certainly fall!

Jack MacLaren
President
Ontario Landowners Association

Some Inconvenient Financial Facts

July 17, 2009

Dear Ottawa Councilor Cullen,

We understand that the Council Chambers is available on September 14 in the evening; can you please confirm your attendance at the debate?

The taxpayers deserve answers on why they are being raked over the coals to pay the city's high maintenance life style. If the city was a private company, we would not care how many people are hired or what they are paid. However, the City of Ottawa is spending money that belongs to its citizens. Some of those citizens are asking if this mismanagement is legal extortion.

In our last communication, we published figures on the outrageous growth in compensation spending and where cost cutting should be targeted. Those departments have grown faster than the City's already high 50% compensation growth since amalgamation.

The previous list was for departments that are likely over staffed. The figures below are different in that they show who is overpaid, we have focused on the average compensation per person as opposed to the total spend on compensation.

In 2007 the following departments had an average compensation per employee of over $80,000; this is well over the city’s 2007 average compensation per person of $76,873:

• Auditor General $113,125 among 8 people
• City Manager $111,800 among 35 people (up from $84,285 in 2001)
• Fire $97,158 among 990 people
• Corporate Services Chief Officer among 18.5 people $96,612
• Police $93,080 among 1799 people
• Infrastructure Policy $93,102 among 78 people
• Paramedic $90,297 among 449.45 people
• Emergency Management $90,431 among 5.33 people
• Deputy City Manager Public Works $89,751 among 32.49 people
• Economic Development $92,437 among 16 people
• Legal $89,203 among 54 people
• Employee Services $84,925 among 174.6 people,
• IT $81,972 among 363 people (up from $58,062 in 2001)

If you are interested, Ottawa TAG has some specific ideas on how to reduce the compensation budget for the police and fire departments without reducing service and would be willing to share our ideas with you at the accepted upcoming debate.

Ottawa Taxpayer Advocacy Group

Wayne Gyde Dies in Tragic Accident

It is with great sadness that I write these words to tell you that yesterday evening, June 6th, Wayne Gyde died as a result of injuries he received when his ATV rolled over. He was at a hunt camp with friends.

Wayne was an active leader in the Ontario Landowners Association. He was the founding president of the Prince Edward-Hastings-Northumberland Landowners Association and was currently a governor of the Ontario Landowners Association. Wayne was active in many other community organizations as well. His wisdom and commitment to betterment of community were an inspiration to us all.

Wayne will be greatly missed by many. He was a positive minded person who made a difference. What more could any man do!

The visitation and funeral service will be at the Picton United Church on Main Street in Picton on Wednesday June 10th. Visitation from 12.30 P.M. to 2.00 P.M. Funeral at 2.00 P.M.

Correction to Directions

Hwy. #49 is currently blocked by protesters so please take exit #543 (Hwy. #62) to Belleville and follow Hwy. #62 south to Picton to the main three way corner in Picton and turn right onto Main Street and go to the first traffic light (Tim Hortons is on the corner) and turn left. The church is on that street.

Cards of condolence may be sent to Wayne's wife, Donna Gyde at 1071 Royal Road, Milford, Ontario K0K 2P0

Jack MacLaren
President
Ontario Landowners Association
613 832 3201

RANDY HILLIER IS GAINING MOMENTUM ACCORDING TO NEW IPSOS POLL

(June 3, 2009, Perth, Ontario) – Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington, PC Leadership candidate is gaining momentum in his bid for the leadership of the PC party of Ontario, according to a new Ipsos poll released today.

"This poll simply shows us what we already knew," Hillier said. "Our campaign is gettting stronger by the day, and gaining momentum. Ontarians recognize our policy leadership."

The Ipsos poll, released today, found that Randy Hillier had 22% of support among decided conservative voters. This placed him only 2% of the vote behind Tim Hudak, the proclaimed frontrunner, who gathered 24% of the vote. Over 40% of the respondents in the poll were undecided, which combined with Hillier's superior momentum, makes him a force in this leadership race.

The poll comes as the Hillier Campaign announces that they've achieved a landmark quarter million dollars in donations collected. The funds overwhelmingly come from regular, hardworking Canadians in small amounts, further accentuating the fact that the Hillier campaign is a truly grassroots organization. "At the start of the campaign, people were referring to me as a dark horse," Hillier said. "Well, this dark horse is passing the field."

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.

“I can be so mean when I wanna be, I am capable of almost anything!”

What kind of person would say such malicious words? Would you believe an Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA) enforcement officer? How would you like to have that enforcement officer come onto your property knowing that this was his or her attitude and knowing that the enforcement officer, with as little as one week of training and possibly as a volunteer, had the authority to lay federal criminal charges, to seize your animals and write up exorbitant bills ($184000.) for supposedly caring for your animals. All this, and without oversight. The OSPCA is a broken, out of control organization that has lost sight of its mandate to ensure the humane treatment of animals and has become a marauding gang of bullying intimidating enforcers who are encouraged to abuse their power and authority in the interest of fund raising and have a penchant for abusing animal owners with wrongful criminal charges, unwarranted animal seizures and absurdly high life ruining bills.

The OSPCA is a stand alone “charity” independent of government that receives very little funding from government. Hence the need to do fund raising to cover the $13000000. cost to run the organization. This creates a conflict of interest because fund raising is greatly enhanced by sensationalizing and glamorizing “so called incidents of abuse”. For example: in Toronto, enforcer Tre Smith hand cuffed dog owner Paul Soderholm to the steering wheel of his car and then encouraged a street gang to “teach him a lesson”. Paul Soderholm was taken to a hospital with severe injuries resulting from the beating. Two people were charged with assault and assault with a weapon. The need for fund raising is also an incentive to seize animals which are then sold to pay the absurdly high bills. For example: in Sudbury, Paul St. Amand had three of his purebred Standard bred racing horses, worth $40000 each, seized only to be returned when the Animal Care Review Board found that there was no animal abuse. Why were they seized? Was the judgment of the enforcer (the Princess of Darkness) clouded by the need to raise funds? Perhaps so.

OSPCA enforcement officers lack training yet have more power and authority than the police for warrantless entry onto private property, to lay criminal charges and to seize animals. This is wrong! Enforcement officers are hired without the psychological screening process of police departments, have as little as one week of training and there is little or no oversight. The moral corruption starts right at the top. Former chief enforcement officer Mike Draper, who trained enforcement officers, told new recruits that “they are guilty until proven innocent”. New recruits came out of training with the understanding that “they should consider all small farms to be an opportunity”. They were being taught to abuse power, authority and people.

Here are a few examples of people suffering from OSPCA abuse:

• Steve Straub of Elgin County, had 87 animals seized without any written orders of complaint, pleaded guilty to not cleaning out his budgie bird cage, now has a criminal record, billed $172000., is being taken to court by the OSPCA to collect the $172000., the OSPCA may take his father’s farm and home.
• Bev and Sandy Tomlin of Grey-Bruce County, two sisters in their 70s, Bev had a stroke, had 100 dogs seized in December 2008, are facing potential criminal charges, bill is $184000 and growing, OSPCA removed a blind dogs eyes at a cost of $4454., they are pensioners and will lose their farm and their home if they are forced to pay.
• David Pryor of Manitoulin Island, had most of his 30 purebred Canadian horses seized in 2006, written orders detailing offences said there were burrs in the manes and tails, hooves needed to be trimmed and there was no water bowl even though a fresh water creek flowed through the farm, now has a criminal record, had a heart attack and surgery last year because of the stress, bill is $94000., will lose his farm and home if he is forced to pay.
• Essie Barrie of Smiths Falls, 70 year old single lady living on the old age pension, had 33 cats seized, is facing criminal charges, bill is $30000., she will lose her home if she is forced to pay.

These abuses of people are excessive and horrific. Blaine Armstrong from Manitoulin Island is David Pryor’s lawyer. He said he has been practicing law for 30 years and never would have believed that this kind of thing could have happened in Canada until he began representing David Pryor.

The OSPCA is a well intentioned organization that has lost its way and is unaccountable. Changes must be made and the abuse of people must stop. The ability of the OSPCA to raise funds or accept funds must be removed. The OSPCA must be fully funded by government. The OSPCA “charity” status must be removed and the OSPCA must become part of government under the Ministry of Correctional Services. All OSPCA staff must become employees of government. Police powers must be removed from enforcement officers. Only police officers will be able to lay criminal charges. Animals must not be seized without the informed consent of the animal owner’s veterinarian and the veterinarian must be on-site with the OSPCA’s veterinarian to make this decision. All costs associated with animals after seizure must be the responsibility of the OSPCA.

The people who own animals must be respected by OSPCA staff. Until this respect is restored, the OSPCA can expect to enjoy a continued complete lack of respect from people who own animals.

The following is the policy of the OLA regarding the OSPCA:

The responsibility for the care of animals rests with the owners. When owners demonstrably fail in their responsibility, it is in the public interest to ensure animal welfare. Public authorities must accept all resulting responsibilities for both their enforcement activities and animals in their care.
November 10, 2008.

Why are rural landowners under attack?

Why are rural landowners under attack? Why do we need property rights entrenched in our Constitution? Here is the government's plan and strategy to attack rural landowners and their economy. TAKING our land-For their use.

People often believe that governments are benevolent and have our best interests at heart when they pass legislation: and that the failings of government policy and legislation are the result of poor implementation or their lack of knowledge and competence. The Vancouver declaration proves they are both neither benevolent, nor incompetent, only deceptive. This declaration provides the bureaucratic rational for collecting data regarding your land and then using that data to change your ownership rights. Read more http://habitat.igc.org/vancouver/vp-a.htm

The second step of the plan was concluded with the repatriation of the Canadian constitution that omitted property rights from the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but included collective & minority rights. Read the Charter at http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/charter/

The third step is the abolition and modification to existing water use rights as outlined in the 1989 UN Charter on Ground Water Management that Canada signed onto. Read more http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/

The fourth and final step is found in "The panel Report-On the role of government, which lays out the framework to manage the death of Rural Ontario. Read more at Nov 1, 2005:INVESTING IN PEOPLE - Creating a Human Capital Society for Ontario

47,000 more reasons to fight back http://www.ruralrevolution.com/website/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=132&Itemid=205

Randy Hillier
Past President Ontario Landowners' Association

Merle Bowes 253-3941, (mrbowes@sympatico.ca),

"THIS LAND IS OUR LAND - BACK OFF GOVERNMENT"