Borden Ladner Gervais LLP | Canada | 20 Nov 2020
Section 47 of the Planning Act allows the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing (Minister) to make “Minister’s Zoning Orders” (MZOs), to govern…
Aird & Berlis LLP | Aird & McBurney LP | Canada | 6 Sep 2019
On April 3, 2018, the land use planning approvals and appeals process in Ontario was significantly transformed by the Building Better Communities and…
Harper Grey LLP | Canada | 15 Jan 2019
The Municipality of West Nipissing passed Motion 2017/84 adopting By-Law 2017/85 which accepted a contract proposal submitted by the Ontario…
Gowling WLG | Canada | 10 Jan 2019
Over the past several years, many Ottawa property owners have received notice that their properties have been listed in the register of the city's…
WeirFoulds LLP | Canada | 19 Nov 2018
On November 15, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed applications for leave to appeal from a decision of a 3-judge panel of the Ontario Court…
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP | Canada | 24 Sep 2018
Three months after taking power, Ontario’s new government introduced legislation to restore the rights of local municipalities to control the…
Lerners LLP | Canada | 30 Apr 2018
The longstanding principle that “there is no property in a witness” allows any party in an action to interview the same witness and to admit evidence…
WeirFoulds LLP | Canada | 26 Feb 2018
According to the information set out on E-laws, the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal Act, 2017 will be proclaimed in force as at April 3, 2018. As at…
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP | Canada | 7 Feb 2018
The recent decision of the Ontario Municipal Board (the "Board") in Shergar Developments v. Windsor (City)("Shergar") provides new support for…
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP | Canada | 13 Dec 2017
On December 12, 2017, Bill 139 received third reading and Royal Assent in the provincial legislature, coming into force as the Building Better…