Does a municipality owe a duty of good faith and reasonableness in its enforcement of its bylaws?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Bianchet v Corporation of the Town of Gananoque, 2016 CanLII 30094 (ON SCSM):
72. It is well-established at common law in Ontario that a municipality owes a duty of good faith and reasonableness in the manner in which it acts in the enforcement of its bylaws. See Rausch v. City of Pickering, 2013 ONCA 740 (CanLII) at paras.45-72 and 84.
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