Join the Freehold Owners Association

If you believe, as we do, that the lease agreements that freehold owners have historically been asked to sign are unfair, join FHOA. We have the technical and legal expertise necessary to draft freehold lease clauses that are fair to both freeholders and oil company-lessees (see “CAPL Leases - Suggested Modifications”).

If you believe, as we do, that the regulatory and judicial processes that protect the vulnerable from exploitation by the powerful in Canadian society are not working for freehold owners, join FHOA . We have the technical expertise necessary to recognize situations in which oil company-lessees are treating freehold owner-lessors unfairly, and we can deal with the oil and gas industry and its regulators on an equal technical footing (see “The Role of Regulatory Authorities”). FHOA also has the legal expertise necessary to recognize regulatory and judicial issues that impact freeholders and intervene as required (see “The Role of the Courts”, “The Split Title Problem”, “A Common Voice”).

FHOA has the expertise necessary to recognize the problems faced by you and other freehold owners, and to develop appropriate solutions to these problems, but we need your help to accomplish change - there is strength in numbers. Over 1650 individuals have joined the Freehold Owners Association since inception. This level of membership provides FHOA with some legitimacy, but an estimated 25,000 individuals own freehold mineral interests in Alberta alone.

If you haven’t already joined FHOA, join today and help us to help yourself. The Freehold Owners Association is a not-for-profit association managed and directed by volunteers. Your $50 annual membership fee or $135 for three, which is FHOA’s primary source of funding, may be the best investment you ever make.

If you’re already a member of FHOA, make any of your family members, friends or neighbours who own freehold mineral interests aware of the Freehold Owners Association, and suggest that they join.

For more than half a century, the oil and gas industry has ‘had its way’ with owners of freehold mineral interests in Canada. It is time for freehold owners to receive a fair return on our valuable non-renewable resources. A strong association representing thousands of concerned freehold owners can, and will, bring about greater fairness (“FHOA Membership”).

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