3(1)(c) “expropriate” means the taking of land without the consent of the owner by an expropriating authority in the exercise of its statutory powers; […] 24 Where land is expropriated, the statutory authority shall pay the owner compensation as is determined in accordance with this Act.
Mr. McCarthy — # When the House rose at six o’clock, I was proceeding to consider that part of the Bill which deals with compensation. Perhaps I might first be permitted to state, however, what I understand to be the meaning of the word “compensation,” when applied to the sovereign right of expropriation. Now, I do not pretend to dispute, and I am quite willing to admit in the amplest possible manner, so far as my judgement goes, that this Act of Parliament was, subject to one consideration, within the power of the Local Legislature. ...
Background to the Case # Over the course of the nineteenth century, access to waterways in Upper Canada and elsewhere in the country became an integral part of the lumber industry and a primary means to bring timber from logging operations to sawmills and other points of market. From one perspective, these waterways were akin to other types of public infrastructure (like roads and railways) necessary for rapidly expanding natural resource extraction and, eventually, industrialization. ...
Continuance of lawfully existing non-conformities 86(1) Subject to sections 88 to 91, the enactment of a new zoning by-law does not affect any of the following that lawfully existed before the enactment of the new zoning by-law: (a) a building; (b) a parcel of land; (c) the use of land, or the intensity of a use of land.