Is Frobisher Bay's decision not to seek to restrict its authority within the limits of its authority?

Northwest Territories, Canada


The following excerpt is from Tower Company (1961) Ltd. v. Frobisher Bay (Village), 1979 CanLII 2618 (NWT CA):

It is clear that municipal corporations such as the Village of Frobisher Bay are to be confined strictly within the limits of their authority which is to be found from the legislation, in this case of course ss. 180 and 181: Merritt v. City of Toronto (1895), 22 O.A.R. 205.

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