The government relations and policy committee is always busy at work reviewing policy and trying to make change. These resources can be used by anyone to change their own municipality and join in our fight to save more old barns!
Provincial Planning and local policy
Severance Presentation (2022)
Letter to your Muncipality (2022)
A letter you can send to your municipality to advocate for a different way to do farm severances and farm consolidations. Particularly effective when Official Plans and Zoning laws are being changed and comment is open to the public.
Severance Factsheet (2025)-coming
A short 1-pager to describe the issues and solutions to severance and how they affect old barns. Share it with you local councilors and staff to affect change.
Provincial Planning Policy Response (2024)
This is our response to the provincial policy during the drafting and review periods. It did not result in any changes to provincial policy.
Provincial Planning Policy Response 1-pager (2024)- coming
A 1-page summary of the provincial policy response during the review period of 2024. You can give this to local councilors and staff to affect local change.
Designation Paper (2025)
This is a explanation paper on what is designation, how it works and some case studies. If can help you decide if designation is right for your barn.
Designation 1-pager (2025) – coming
A short form 1-pager of the longer document above to summarize designation its pros and cons and the process.
Demolition Permits & YOBS (2025)
