No Free Ride on Expropriation Costs
Law of the Lands
OCTOBER 16, 2020
AS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN THE RURAL VOICE : In the oft-cited case of Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority v. Dell Holdings Ltd. from 1997, Justice Cory of the Supreme Court of Canada wrote of expropriation: The expropriation of property is one of the ultimate exercises of governmental authority. To take all or part of a person’s property constitutes a severe loss and a very significant interference with a citizen’s private property rights.
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