Does the public interest in enforcing the Zoning Bylaw apply to the City of Toronto?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from T.S.G. Sales Ltd. v. Vancouver (City), 2012 BCSC 1177 (CanLII):
Second, based on the authority of Polai v. Toronto (City), 1972 CanLII 22 (SCC), [1973] S.C.R. 38, it is not clear that even if the City had acted in a discriminatory fashion this would necessarily override the public interest in enforcing the Zoning Bylaw.
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