Friday, February 25, 2011

HOW A COMMUNITY SHOULD BE

I ask my readers to indulge me in this post. It is not the usual but it is something that I need to post.
I have a wonderful elderly neighbour who had major hip surgery done a few months ago. She has been a wonderful friend since the day we moved to this property and we help her anyway we can. She is just a wonderfully kind, caring and honest woman who lives alone and although she has family, we live right next door, where her best friend used to live and we love her friendship and help her anyway we can. When I can I cook enough food I take some to her, we bring wood in for her to keep her fire going, shovel the snow, go to lunch with her, take her to appointments and help her with any problems she has if we can. If she had not had the help of another wonderful woman she would not have been able to recooperate in the home she has lived in for so many years and would have had to go to a nursing home. The care she received from this wonderful woman made such an amazing difference. She gave care and companionship and was there for her while she got better. The personal support was just not there from the normal mainstream healthcare that we expect and this woman, a stranger took it upon herself to help this woman out 24 hours a day until she was better, without the expectation of financial gain, but out of the goodness of her heart,and I personally on this blog would like to thank her for giving of herself to help someone else.This is something that is really lacking in our communities these days. Helping each other just does not seem to be important anymore. I would like to provide this womans name to let people know who this wonderful woman is, but can't, but I want to thank her for all the help she has given my neighbour because people who do good things do not hear often enough what a great job they have done and how much what they have done is so greatly appreciated. THANK YOU

Monday, February 21, 2011

HAPPY FAMILY DAY ONTARIO

I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT FAMILY DAY. AND PARENTS REMEMBER THE KIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL TOMMORROW !!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, February 18, 2011

TAXED TO DEATH

On the front page of my local weekly paper the headline reads "North Perth unveils 6.9 per cent budget increase."
We are already the highest taxed in all of Perth County and now are looking at even higher taxes. Hydro has gone up, food prices are going up, gas prices are going up and everything else has gone up thanks to the HST and Dolton McSquinty and his flying monkeys. How much more do they think that jack and jill taxpayer can afford to pay. My income is not going to go up and my money tree is empty. Enough already, I am mad as H E double hockey sticks and I am not going to take it anymore !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

LANDOWNERS GEAR UP TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS

This ran in the Sun

By Brian Lilley, Parliamentary Bureau

OTTAWA – A group dedicated to protecting property rights for landowners said it is encouraged by the legal victory of an Ontario family that faced massive fines for “improperly” using their own land.

The Ontario Landowners Association has plans to keep pushing for recognition of property rights after a town council in Clarington, Ont., dropped charges, and possible fines of $50,000, against the Jaworski family.

The family’s crime: hosting 72 people at their farm for a seminar on freedom.

“It’s good to see landowners win a case like this,” said Deborah Madill, executive director of the Ontario Landowners Association.

The OLA is trying to educate landowners across Canada about a little known legal document called Crown Land Patents. The patents are the original contract between the crown and the person who acquired the land from the government as Canada was settled.

Those contracts are still in effect today, even for people owning small suburban lots that form only a piece of the original property.

Bob Mackie wasn’t among the lucky contenders. He has been fighting an attempt by the Niagara Escarpment Commission to shut down his archery business. The NEC ordered Mackie to stop all archery activities and remove a sign, portable classroom and an addition on his home.

He lost his case before a Justice of the Peace and was fined $15,000.

“The Justice said she did not have authority to rule on the Patent Grants,” Mackie told QMI Agency.

Mackie points to his patent, dating back to 1798, as his legal defence. Land patents have been upheld by the Supreme Court and in several Superior Court decisions, but Mackie said many court officials don’t know how to deal with the patents.

“Most times, a simple issue is dragged out so long that the defendant is bankrupted or gives up,” Mackie said.

The OLA claims that holding a copy of the patent for your land can help fight intrusive bylaws that might infringe on your property rights, such as bylaws outlawing the cutting down of even a single tree on private property.

Not all land is covered by a land patent, but the often-ancient documents do apply across Canada and the OLA has been working to build resources to help landowners exercise their rights.

Do you have an overly intrusive bylaw in your town? Email us – brian.lilley@sunmedia.ca

http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/02/15/17288966.html