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The Ontario Federation of Agriculture stated that the "frequent use [of the orders] undermines Ontario’s long-established system of land use planning." [20] The government has been accused of corruption over its use of MZOs, particularly by favouring developers close to the Progressive Conservative Party. [21]
A mayor of a township in Ontario, Canada, reportedly had his personal bank account garnished after he refused to pay a $5,000 fine after a tribunal ruled he had discriminated against an LGBTQ ...
The court found that the provisions of the act infringed upon the section 2(b) rights of both candidates and electors. However, on appeal, the Court of Appeal for Ontario stayed the decision of the lower court, and a year later, it ruled that the provisions were constitutional. Subsequently, the City of Toronto appealed to the Supreme Court of ...
The case was appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada, but the Supreme Court chose not to listen to the appeal, allowing the appeals court judgment to stand and Ford remain mayor. If Ford had been removed, he would have been the first Toronto mayor removed from office. Ford is the only Toronto mayor who has been found in conflict of interest.
A challenge sought to oust the mayor based on the timing of his taking of the oath of office. The court rejected the claim on procedural grounds. 2 years into his second term, appellate court ...
The lawsuit came to trial in Ontario Superior Court in September 2012. Ontario Superior Court Judge Hackland ruled that Ford had violated the MCIA and declared his seat vacant, the decision stayed to allow an appeal. [73] Ford appealed the decision and the Ontario Superior Court upheld Ford's appeal.
The first is the term "provincial court", which has two quite different meanings, depending on context. The first, and most general meaning, is that a provincial court is a court established by the legislature of a province, under its constitutional authority over the administration of justice in the province, set out in s. 92(14) of the Constitution Act, 1867. [2]
The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) was an independent administrative board, operated as an adjudicative tribunal, [1] in the province of Ontario, Canada. It heard applications and appeals on municipal and planning disputes, [ 2 ] as well as other matters specified in provincial legislation.