VANCOUVER AIRPORT
August 1st, 2002
BY MONICA DOBIE, in MontrealTHE VANCOUVER Airport Authority has won an appeal in the British Columbia Court of Appeal in a case involving local residents seeking compensation for effects of aircraft on a new runway, opened in 1996Larry Berg, CEO of the Vancouver International Airport Authority, said: "The court has recognised the principle in law that all aspects of vital public works for the community at large are deemed authorised by the government that orders them."Last July, three homeowners in Richmond B.C, sued the Government of Canada and the Vancouver ...
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