Ontarians will be headed to the polls next week, and you’d be forgiven for not noticing. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, seeking a third straight majority mandate, triggered a snap election more than a year before the scheduled vote, plunging Ontario into a subdued campaign hampered by blizzard conditions and drowned out by U.S. President […]

Expropriation is a drastic measure. In acquiring land for public benefit, even when property owners are well compensated, it should be a tool of last resort. When negotiations do break down and governments forge ahead, we expect them to demonstrate their acquisitions are driven by reasonable necessity, and not unreasonable haste. Read More