Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc. v. Wainfleet (Township), 2013 ONSC 2194

JurisdictionOntario
JudgeReid, J.
CourtSuperior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
Citation2013 ONSC 2194,[2013] O.T.C. Uned. 2194,[2013] O.T.C. Uned. 2194 (SC)
Date12 April 2013
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9 practice notes
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 28 ' September 1)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • September 5, 2023
    ...Canada v. Canada, [1991] 1 S.C.R. 139, Clublink v. Town of Oakville, 2018 ONSC 7395, Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc. v. Wainfleet (Township), 2013 ONSC 2194, R. v. Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Society, [1992] 2 S.C.R. 606, Wakeling v. United States of America, 2014 SCC 72, R. v. Heywood, [1994] 3 ......
  • Site Alteration: Digging Into Municipal Authority On Excess Soils, Ontario Bar Association
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 11, 2023
    ...v Death (2007), 49 MPLR (4th) 169, 2007 CarswellOnt 9504 at para 18 [Death]. 14. Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc v Wainfleet (Township), 2013 ONSC 2194 at para 31, 115 OR (3d) 64 [Wainfleet]; Adult Entertainment Association of Canada v Ottawa (City), 2007 ONCA 389 at para 53, 283 DLR (4th) 704 [A......
  • 2023 ONCA 564,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • January 1, 2023
    ...v. Town of Oakville, 2018 ONSC 7395, 143 O.R. (3d) 738, at paras. 74–75 and Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc. v. Wainfleet (Township), 2013 ONSC 2194, 115 O.R. (3d) 64, at para. 31, both addressing alleged vagueness and uncertainty of 42 Acknowledging the authority of Tanase in this context......
  • Clublink Corporation ULC v. Oakville (Town),
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • October 23, 2019
    ...application judge concluded that the impugned by-laws were void for vagueness, citing Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc. v. Wainfleet (Township), 2013 ONSC 2194, 115 O.R. (3d) 64. The application judge noted that the CHL By-law requires a conservation plan for all properties that fall within a cult......
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  • 2023 ONCA 564,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • January 1, 2023
    ...v. Town of Oakville, 2018 ONSC 7395, 143 O.R. (3d) 738, at paras. 74–75 and Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc. v. Wainfleet (Township), 2013 ONSC 2194, 115 O.R. (3d) 64, at para. 31, both addressing alleged vagueness and uncertainty of 42 Acknowledging the authority of Tanase in this context......
  • Clublink Corporation ULC v. Oakville (Town),
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • October 23, 2019
    ...application judge concluded that the impugned by-laws were void for vagueness, citing Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc. v. Wainfleet (Township), 2013 ONSC 2194, 115 O.R. (3d) 64. The application judge noted that the CHL By-law requires a conservation plan for all properties that fall within a cult......
  • Covant v College of Veterinarians of Ontario,
    • Canada
    • Court of Appeal (Ontario)
    • August 30, 2023
    ...v. Town of Oakville, 2018 ONSC 7395, 143 O.R. (3d) 738, at paras. 74–75 and Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc. v. Wainfleet (Township), 2013 ONSC 2194, 115 O.R. (3d) 64, at para. 31, both addressing alleged vagueness and uncertainty of 42 Acknowledging the authority of Tanase in this context......
  • Clublink v Town of Oakville,
    • Canada
    • Superior Court of Justice of Ontario (Canada)
    • December 11, 2018
    ...the onus is on the applicant to establish that the by-law should be declared invalid. Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc. v Township of Wainfleet, 2013 ONSC 2194, at para [75] One example of a by-law that meets this test of vagueness is where it uses terminology that is not susceptible to an agreed-......
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4 firm's commentaries
  • Court Of Appeal Summaries (August 28 ' September 1)
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • September 5, 2023
    ...Canada v. Canada, [1991] 1 S.C.R. 139, Clublink v. Town of Oakville, 2018 ONSC 7395, Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc. v. Wainfleet (Township), 2013 ONSC 2194, R. v. Nova Scotia Pharmaceutical Society, [1992] 2 S.C.R. 606, Wakeling v. United States of America, 2014 SCC 72, R. v. Heywood, [1994] 3 ......
  • Site Alteration: Digging Into Municipal Authority On Excess Soils, Ontario Bar Association
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 11, 2023
    ...v Death (2007), 49 MPLR (4th) 169, 2007 CarswellOnt 9504 at para 18 [Death]. 14. Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc v Wainfleet (Township), 2013 ONSC 2194 at para 31, 115 OR (3d) 64 [Wainfleet]; Adult Entertainment Association of Canada v Ottawa (City), 2007 ONCA 389 at para 53, 283 DLR (4th) 704 [A......
  • Wainfleet’s Anti-Wind Turbine By-Law Invalid
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • May 14, 2013
    ...Wainfleet Wind Energy Inc. v. Township of Wainfleet (2013 ONSC 2194), Ontario's Superior Court of Justice found the Township's anti-wind by-law invalid for vagueness and uncertainty. Wainfleet Wind Energy (WWE) applied to the MOE for approval of its 5-turbine wind farm project in the Townsh......
  • Ontario Superior Court Of Justice Denies A Municipality’s Attempt To Effectively Prohibit Wind Turbines
    • Canada
    • Mondaq Canada
    • June 19, 2013
    ...will be required. The authors would like to thank Rebecca Hall-McGuire, summer student-at-law, for her contributions to this article. 1 2013 ONSC 2194 (Sup. Ct. J.) 2 S.O. 2009, c. 12, Sched. A. The GEA incorporates amendments to the Ontario Environmental Protection Act, as well as the Plan......

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