In what circumstances will legislation be found vague and unenforceable?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from 3673928 Canada Inc. v. Hawkesbury (Town), 2015 ONSC 800 (CanLII):
In Brown v. Vancouver (City), [1986] CarswellBC 223, para. 42, the court held that “It cannot be said as a matter of law that just because a statute requires construction by the court does not automatically make the legislation vague and unenforceable.”
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