The battle against the global pandemic has impacted us all. Adjustments to patterns of regular life are necessary. Those who have the agility to adjust appropriately are able to address the impacts of emerging and ongoing expropriations. Proceedings and meetings…
The Ontario government has introduced legislation aimed at fast-tracking the property acquisition and expropriation process for four ‘priority’ projects – the Ontario Line, Scarborough Subway Extension, Yonge North Subway Extension, and Eglinton Crosstown West Extension. If passed, Bill 171, Building Transit Faster…
The Ministry of Transportation is currently undertaking the planning, design and environmental assessment regarding the ‘407 Transitway’ anticipated to be constructed from Hurontario Street in Brampton/Mississauga to east of Highway 400 in Vaughan. The Transitway will include a dedicated transit corridor,…
The GTA West Highway Corridor, also known as Highway 413, is a transportation route that is currently in the planning and analysis stage. Originally suspended in 2015, the Environmental Assessment has now been resumed by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, covering…
According to its website, ‘Metrolinx, an agency of the Government of Ontario under the Metrolinx Act, 2006, was created to improve the coordination and integration of all modes of transportation in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.’ In the expropriations context, Metrolinx is…
http://highway400dunlopannesunnidale.com/ The Ministry of Transportation has initiated expropriation proceedings in the City of Barrie. This work is to facilitate the construction of improvements to Highway 400 and related interchanges. The project will also require the widening and improvement of the Dunlop…
The Manitoba Law Reform Commission recently released its report entitled “Creating Efficiencies in the Law: The Expropriation Act of Manitoba.” The report is the result of a consultation process during which experienced expropriation law practitioners were involved. The report makes 10 recommendations to…
On May 2, 2019, the provincial government introduced the More Homes, More Choice Act, 2019 (Bill 108). Bill 108 proposed sweeping changes to Ontario’s land use planning regime in order to help bring new housing to market sooner, thereby reducing or…
Ontario’s Municipal Housing and Affairs Minister, Steve Clark, recently presented the province’s plan to address the province’s housing crisis, with Bill 108, the More Homes, More Choices Act, 2019, receiving its First Reading on May 2, 2019. The bill proposes extensive changes…
On April 10th, the provincial government unveiled plans for a transit expansion project in the Greater Toronto Area that will include: An expansion of public transit on this scale will necessitate the acquisition or expropriation of numerous privately-owned property interests to…
