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Expropriation and Private Property Rights

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Two excellent posts from the Faculty of Law, University of Alberta came to my attention recently.   One on  Expropriation and the Right to Compensation : "Government seizure of private land, also known as expropriation, may be direct or indirect. Direct expropriation is rare and equates to an actual change in ownership of the land; whereas indirect expropriation is a loss of economic viability of land due to excessive regulation." Private property rights are not in our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  What about the provinces?  Here is their post Respecting Property Rights , regarding the Alberta scene: "Earlier this year, my colleague David Percy and I published   A Guide to Property Rights in Alberta ,  which we wrote with the generous support of the Alberta Land Institute. So it is no surprise that I was intrigued to learn that this government's first piece of legislation, Bill 1, which was introduced on Monday, is called  "Respecting

RV/Trailer by-law sadly appealed -- "Thrasher" cover by Woody Hamel

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The LPRCA had a meeting last Wednesday to discuss whether to appeal the new bylaw. We the landowners had a representative present who was voted allowed to speak. The LPRCA employee voted that she should not be allowed to speak and it became clear as to why. This employee spent her time back stepping with great difficulty answering the questions our representative presented. The most important question is why we cannot rebuild should we want to when there is the technology etc. to do so in an environmentally friendly way.  This again confirms that the LPRCA wants the land. Again the LPRCA needs to work with the landowners and face reality. Change is coming to Hastings Drive and they can either be part of the solution or continue to be part of the problem and reach defeat. Another problem with this is that the government already owns 85% of the land in Ontario. So why when they are not doing an adequate job at managing their own land, do they need to try and take the small amount that