Local Bylaws Can’t Veto Feds

Municipalities cannot block federally-approved projects under the guise of bylaw enforcement, an Ontario judge has ruled. The decision came in the case of the Town of Milton, population 112,000, that tried to block a railway megaproject already licensed by the federal cabinet: “Federalism may require tolerance and cooperation where people may not wish to be tolerant or to cooperate.”

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