What is the standard of review for an intra vires municipal decision?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from 552197 B.C. Ltd.v.City of Abbotsford, 2003 BCSC 304 (CanLII):
The standard of review upon which courts may review intra vires municipal decisions must be one of patent unreasonableness. Municipal councils are elected representatives of their community and accountable to their constituents. Municipalities often balance complex and divergent interests in arriving at decisions in the public interest: see City of Nanaimo v. Rascal Trucking Ltd. (2001), S.C.R. 342, at para. 35.
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