Selected Publications
ACCOUNTABILITY & ETHICS
“Be Aidant and Remediate – Corrective and Remedial Measures for Code of Conduct Contraventions” in 9 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (January 2019) No. 1, pp. 1-9.
“Challenging Closed-Meeting Investigations” in 7 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (May 2016), No. 17, pp. 1-4.
“Coming Soon to a Committee Near You – Ontario’s New Ethical Framework” in OACA Newsletter (December 2017).
“Desperate Times Call for Authorized Enforcement Measures – Imposing Remedial or Corrective Actions for Code of Conduct Contraventions” in 81 Municipal & Planning Law Reports (5th) pp. 16-32.
“Implementing Ontario’s Municipal Accountability Framework” in 8 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (June 2018) No. 18, pp. 1-10.
“Modernizing Ontario’s Municipal Accountability Regime” in 8 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (July 2017) No. 7, pp. 1-11.
“Municipal Codes of Conduct, Integrity Commissioners and the Investigative Process” in 7 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (November 2016) No. 23, pp. 1-9.
BUILDING LEGISLATION
“A Chief Building Official's Entitlement to Consult” in 16 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (April 2008), pp. 2-4.
“Advanced Funding for Constitutional Challenge to the BCA” in 107 Ontario Building Association Journal (September 2015), pp. 6-7.
“Building Code Offences and the Limitation Period” in 74 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal (June 2007), pp. 4-5.
“Building Officials and Inspectors – Enforcement and Inspection Obligations Under COVID-19 Emergency Orders” in 126 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal (July 2020), pp. 6-8.
“Changes to the Building Code Act (Bill 124)” in The Six-Minute Municipal Lawyer (Law Society of Upper Canada – February 5, 2003).
“Enforcing the Building Code Act and Protecting Private Property Rights – A Delicate Balance” in 109 Ontario Building Association Journal (March 2016), pp. 6-9.
“Ontario's New Building Code Act” in 22 Construction Law Letter (September/October 2005), No. 1, pp. 3-6.
“Ontario's New Building Code Legislation” in What's New in Municipal & Planning Law (or, Is There Anything That's Not New?) (Ontario Bar Association – June 14, 2005).
“Property Standards, Building Code Compliance and Pre-Existing Buildings” in 68 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal (December 2005), pp. 19-21.
“When Two Become One – Interconnected Structures and Unsafe Building Orders” in 102 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal (June 2014), pp. 6-9.
BUILDING PERMITS
“Access to Building Permit Applications, Plans and Drawings: An Unreasonable Invasion of Personal Privacy?” in 4 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (July 2011), pp. 1-4.
“Access to Building Permit Plans, Drawings and Information” in 90 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal (June 2011), pp. 5-9.
“Broad Entry and Inspection Powers Upheld” in 94 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal (June 2012), pp. 4-10.
“Building Permit Appeals – A Primer” in 117 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal, (March 2018), pp. 8-11.
“Building Permit Issuance and Compliance with 'Other Applicable Law'” in 18 Municipal & Planning Law Reports (2d), pp. 86-99.
“Building Permit Issuance: The Chief Building Official's Duty to be Independent and Impartial” in 64 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal (March 2005), pp. 27-31.
“Building Permit Issues Before the Ontario Courts” in 45 Municipal Lawyer (May/June 2004), pp. 28, 37.
“Challenging Building Permit Issuance and Refusal-Standing to Appeal and to Intervene” in 12 Municipal & Planning Law Reports (2d), pp. 106-112.
“Development Charges & Building Permit Issuance” in 82 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal (June 2009), pp. 4-6.
“Erroneous Issuance – The Power to Revoke a Permit” in 8 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (January 2018) No. 8, pp. 1-4.
“Establishing 'Established Grade' – Applying the Modern Principle of Interpretation” in 72 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal (December 2006), pp. 6-8.
“Heritage Easement Agreements and Applicable Law” in 4 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (September 1998), pp. 269, pp. 290-292.
“In the Absence of Site Plan Approval – Building Permits and Other Applicable Law” in 11 Municipal & Planning Law Reports (2d), pp. 51-57.
“Jumping the Gun – Additional Permit Fees Judicially Sanctioned” in 87 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal (September 2010), pp. 5-8.
“Negligence and the Standard of Care of Building Officials in Providing Advice to Residents” in 99 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal, (September 2013) pp. 4-6.
“Refusing to Issue Building Permits for Non-Compliance with 'Other Applicable Law': Part I – Site Plan Approval” in 2 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (May 1993), pp. 69, 86 87 and “Part II – Interim Control By-laws” in 2 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (June 1993), pp. 90, 108-110.
“Revoking Permits on the Basis of Mistaken, False or Incorrect Information” in 9 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (March 2019) No. 3, pp. 1-4.
“Seeking a Revised Building Permit? – Don't Ignore Orders and Requests for Information” in 78 Ontario Building Officials Journal (June 2008), pp. 4-6.
“Site Plan Approval & Applicable Law: Challenging Decisions Before the Ontario Municipal Board Rather than the Courts” in 104 Ontario Building Association Journal, (December 2014), pp. 6-8.
“Site Plan Control Agreements and Applicable Law” in 1 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (February 2004), pp. 245, 258-261.
“The Authority of the Chief Building Official to Rescind and to Revoke” in 123 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal, (September 2019), pp. 6-7.
“What Constitutes an Appealable Decision Under Ontario’s Building Code Act, 1992” in 9 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (July 2019) No. 7, pp. 1-5.
“Who Really Controls the Issuance of Conditional Building Permits?” in 64 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal (March 2005), pp. 12-13.
“Whose Right? Balancing Rights and Protecting Heritage” 115 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal, (September 2017), pp. 6-11.
“Withholding Building Permit Issuance – Site Plan Agreements & Applicable Law” in 8 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (June 2017) No. 6, pp. 1-5.
“Zoning By-laws, Chief Building Officials & The Home Statute Rule” in 8 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (March 2017) No. 3, pp. 1-6.
BY-LAWS
“A Consideration of Substantive and Procedural Reasonableness Respecting Municipal Tax By-laws” in 5 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (April 2012), No, 16 pp. 1-4.
“Authentication of Municipal By-laws in Ontario” in 4 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (June 2009), pp. 3-9.
“Authenticating Municipal By-laws – The Rules of Formality in Ontario & Throughout Canada” in 69 Municipal & Planning Law Reports (4th), pp. 27-43.
“By-laws and Resolutions: Reconsidering Form Over Substance” in 1 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (November 2004), pp. 423, 437-439.
“Context Matters – Privilege, Bad Faith and Closed Door Council Meetings” in 6 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (February 2014), No. 14, pp. 1-12.
“Freedom of Expression and Municipal Sign By-laws” in 16 Municipal & Planning Law Reports (2d), pp. 38-45.
“Help Yourself: A Taxpayer's Right to Restrain By-law Contraventions” in 4 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (October, 2009), pp. 3-8.
“Municipal Authority, Cooperative Federalism and Snail Mail Delivery” in 8 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (January 2017) No. 1, pp. 1-7.
“Shark Fin Bans – A Consideration of Municipal Powers & Purposes” in 6 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (March 2013), No. 3, pp. 1-5.
“Taking Judicial Notice of Municipal By-laws” in 2 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (July 1993), pp. 113, 127-128.
“Taxpayers Only Need Apply – Invoking the Self-Help Remedy” in 5 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (May 2012), No. 17, pp. 1-3.
“The Discretionary Enforcement Principle, the Self-Help Remedy and Defences to Municipal Liability” in 12 Municipal Liability Risk Management (October 2011), pp. 33-45.
“The Requirement for By-law Authorization” in 5 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (February 2012), No. 14, pp.1-2.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
“Conflicts & the Chaos Theory in Magder v. Ford” in 6 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (May 2013), No. 5, pp. 1-12.
“Eyes Wide Shut – Wilful Blindness & A Conflict of Fordian Proportions” in 6 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (January 2013), No. 1, pp. 1-18. Amended and re-published in 5 M.P.L.R. (5th) pp. 30-75.
“Magder v. Ford – The Saga Continues” in 7 Municipal and Planning Law Reports (5th) pp. 28-50.
“Municipal Conflict of Interest: The Curious Case of a Council Member's Common Law Obligations” in 7 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (June 2015), No. 5, pp. 1-10.
“Ontario’s Municipal Conflict of Interest Act – Things That May Surprise You About its Application and Enforcement” in 100 Municipal & Planning Law Reports (5th) pp. 53-73.
“Remoteness & Insignificance and Prospective Relief Under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act” in 6 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (November 2013), No. 11, pp. 1-5.
“The Standard of Review on Appeal for Municipal Conflict of Interest Decisions” in 5 Digest of Municipal & PLanning Law (2d) (July 2012), No. 19, pp.1-4.
“Two Divergent Decisions on Review Standards” in The Lawyers Weekly (June 8, 2012), p. 15.
CONDOMINIUMS
“A Contemporary Legal Fiction: The Artificiality of the Phantom Mortgage” in 1 Digest of Real Property Law (May 1993) No. 19, pp. 295, 312-314.
“Adult Only Condominiums: Case Comment on Dudnik v. York Condominium Corp. No. 216” in 12 Real Property Reports (2d), pp. 76-79.
“Council Members vs. Corporate Directors – Fiduciary Duty, Liability, Malice and Misfeasance” in 6 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (August 2013), No. 8, pp. 1-4.
“Disclosure, Avoidance and Motive: Escaping from Condominium Agreements of Purchase and Sale” in 18 Condominium (June 1993), pp. 10-11.
“Phantom Mortgages Revisited” in 19 Condominium (June 1994), p. 10.
“The Enforceability of No Pets Clauses in Condominium Documents” in 24 Real Property Reports (2d), pp. 24-28.
COUNCIL MEMBERS
“Absolute Privilege in the Council Chambers?” in 32 Municipal & Planning Law Reports (5th), pp. 43-48.
“Defamation in the Council Chambers – Do Council Members have Recourse to the Defence of Absolute Privilege?” in 7 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (March 2015), No. 3, pp. 1-20.
“Elected Officials and Human Rights Codes: The Boundaries of the Employment Relationship” in 7 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (July 2016), No. 19, pp. 1-7.
“Examining Municipal Officers – When the Head of Council is Not a Municipal Officer” in 4 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (February 2010), pp. 1-4.
“Municipal Councillors and the Criminal Code” in Public Sector Digest (April 2015), pp. 20-24.
“Municipal Politicians and Online Defamation” in The Lawyers Weekly (June 10, 2011), pp. 13, 15.
“Ontario’s Better Local Government Act, 2018 – Re-Writing Provincial/Municipal Relations” in 8 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (October 2018) No. 22, pp. 1-6.
“Province Flexes Its Muscle by Slashing Toronto City Council Seats” in The Lawyers Daily (August 1, 2018).
“Restricting the Audi Alteram Partem Rule in the Context of Municipal Council Decision-Making” in 1 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (October 1992), pp. 381, 397-399.
“Tolerance for the Biased Municipal Councillor: The Amenable to Persuasion Test” in 2 Municipal & Planning Law Reports (2d), pp. 322-328.
“Toronto Municipal Election 2018: Chaos, Notwithstanding” in The Lawyers Daily (September 13, 2018).
“Why it's Hard to Say Goodbye” in The Lawyers Weekly, June 13, 2014.
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS
“Paving Paradise – Parking Exemption Agreements in Ontario” in 8 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (April 2018) No. 16, pp. 1-4.
“Running with the Land on a One-Way Street: Enforcing Positive Covenants in Development Agreements” in 7 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (October 2016), No. 22, pp. 1-6.
“The Positive Covenants Rule – Re-Confirmed & With No Exceptions Applicable” in 8 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (September 2017), pp. 1-6.
DEVELOPMENT CHARGES
“Applying Lot Levy Case Law to Interpret the Development Charges Act” in 2 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (March 1993), pp. 35, 50.
“Are Development Charges Taxes?” in 1 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (June 1992), pp. 313, 325-326.
“Collecting 'Overdue' Education Development Charges” in 2 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (April 1994), pp. 271, 285-286.
“Development Charge Credits: Dealing with Transition” in It's All About Money – Land Development and the Dollar (Canadian Bar Association – Ontario – Institute 2000 Conference – January 28, 2000).
“Development Charges” in Ontario Real Estate Developments (May 1999), No. 285, pp. 1-4.
“Development Charges – The Dawn of A New Day in Ontario” in 4 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (January, 1997), pp. 1, 14-16.
“Education Development Charges: Constitutional Challenges” in 34 Municipal Attorney (September/October, 1993), No. 5, pp. 122-124.
“Funding Municipal Infrastructure” in 42 Municipal Lawyer (March/April 2001), No. 2, pp. 14-16, 31.
“Ontario's New Development Charges Act, 1997” in 4 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (August 1998), pp. 253, 264-267.
“The Unconstitutionality of Education Development Charges” in 2 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (August 1993), pp. 129, 145-147.
ELECTIONS
“Counting Mail-In Ballots – An Issue of Balance” in 3 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (March 2007), No. 3, pp. 2-4.
“Establishing and Redividing Municipal Ward Boundaries” in 2 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (February 1994), pp. 231, 248-250.
“Ontario’s Better Local Government Act, 2018 – Re-Writing Provincial/Municipal Relations” in 8 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (October 2018) No. 22, pp. 1-6.
“Province flexes its muscle by slashing Toronto City Council seats” in The Lawyers Daily (August 1, 2018).
“Toronto municipal election 2018: chaos, notwithstanding” in The Lawyers Daily (September 13, 2018).
EMPLOYMENT
“Managing Municipal Moonlighting” in 1 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (December 2003), pp. 197, 219-222.
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
“Councillor Records and Disclosure – Same Old Analysis, Different Result” in The Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (June 2016), pp. 1-5.
“Access to Building Permit Plans, Drawings and Information” in 90 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal (June 2011), pp. 5-9.
“Access to Building Permit Applications, Plans and Drawings: An Unreasonable Invasion of Personal Privacy?” in 4 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (July 2011), pp. 1-4.
“Access to Electronically Stored Information within Municipal Institutions” in 4 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (February 2009), pp. 2-4.
“An Overview of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act” in 7 Municipal & Planning Law Reports (2d), pp. 72-81.
“Are Personal Communications Subject to Disclosure under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act” in 8 Canadian Privacy Law Review (November 2011), pp. 129-132.
“Just How Public Are a Public Official's Files?” in The Lawyers Weekly, June 7, 2013.
“Narrowing Custody and Control under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act” in OBA's Municipal Law Section Newsletter (June, 2011).
“Protecting Privacy – The Need and Necessity Exception” in 1 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (December 1992), pp. 417, 430-431.
“Sheltering Councillor Records from Disclosure” in 6 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (April 2013), No. 4, pp. 1-7.
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
“Like A Prayer – Freedom of Religion and State Neutrality in the Council Chambers” in 40 Municipal & Planning Law Reports (5th), pp. 18-52. Abridged version published in 7 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (August 2015), No. 8, pp. 1-14.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCING
“Financial Security in Development Agreements – Letters of Credit Versus Performance Bonds” in 4 Digest of Municipal and Planning Law (September 2009), pp. 2-8.
“Financing Public Infrastructure Development & Renewal” in 12th Annual Provincial/Municipal Liability Conference (The Canadian Institute), February 2, 2006.
“Municipal Authority Respecting Renewable Energy Projects in Ontario” in 6 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (August 2014), No. 20, pp. 1-8.
“Municipal Public/Private Partnership Arrangements – Overcoming Issues of Bad Faith, Illegal Bonusing & Procurement Irregularities” in 5 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (June 2012), No. 18, pp. 1-5.
LAND USE PLANNING
“Adding Parties at Site Plan Referral Hearings” in 2 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (January 1993), pp. 1, 15-16.
“Applicable Law and Legal Non-Conforming Uses” in 92 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal (December 2011), pp. 5-9.
“Applying the Minimum Affordable Housing Component under the Housing Policy Statement” in 1 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (November 1992), pp. 401, 415.
“As-of-Right Accessory Apartments: The Intrusion of Top Down Planning” in 1 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (September 1992), pp. 363, 378-379.
“Bill 51 – More Changes to Ontario's Planning Act” in 2 TechTalk (January 2007), No. 1, pp. 5-6.
“Conditional Zoning” in Ontario Real Estate Law Developments (February 2009), pp. 1-2.
“Confiscation Without Compensation – 'Public' Official Plan Designations of Privately Owned Lands” in 9 Municipal & Planning Law Reports (2d), pp. 43-49.
“Conservation Easement Agreements” in 5 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (January 2000), pp. 199, 210-213.
“Demolition Control and the Regulation of Reconstruction” in 4 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (April 2009), pp. 3-6.
“Expropriation Without Compensation – Diminishing Development Potential” in 1 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (May 1992), pp. 293, 310-311.
“Height and Density Bonusing in Ontario” in TechTalk (Canadian Association of Certified Planning Technicians), Summer/Fall 2013, pp. 4-6.
“Heritage Easement Agreements – The Basics” in 6 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law(October 2002), pp. 405, 419-423.
“Judicial Interpretation of Zoning By-laws” in TechTalk (Summer 2012), pp. 2-6.
“Land Use Planning for Housing Policy Statement at the Ontario Municipal Board” in 7 Municipal & Planning Law Reports (2d), pp. 160-174.
“Legal Non-Conforming Use: Establishing Use, Lawfulness and Continuity” in 5 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (January 1999), pp. 1, 11-16.
“Legal Non-Conforming Uses in Ontario” in TechTalk (Spring 2011), pp. 1-6.
“Legalizing Satellite Dishes: Aesthetics and Impacts” in 2 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (January 1994), pp. 215, 228-229.
“Local Appeal Boards – An Impractical Alternative to the OMB” in TechTalk (Fall 2010), pp. 4-8.
“Local Appeal Bodies – Giving the Ontario Municipal Board a Frontal Lab-otamy in the City of Toronto” in 7 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (January 2015), No. 1, pp. 1-16.
“Official Plans as Aids to Zoning By-law Interpretation” in 120 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal, (January 2019), pp. 8-11.
“Official Plan Authorization for Bonus By-laws” in 14 Municipal & Planning Law Reports (2d), pp. 209-213.
“Park Conditions on the Development or Redevelopment of Land” in TechTalk (Canadian Association of Certified Planning Technicians), Summer 2015, pp. 5-8.
“'Private' Relief from Parking Requirements” in TechTalk (Winter 2010), pp. 4-7.
“Quashing Interim Control By-laws for Bad Faith” in 2 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (November 1994), pp. 365, 378-380.
“Regulating Existing Uses and Bad Faith Pitfalls” in 4 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (May 2011), pp. 1-4.
“Run Covenant Run: Positive Covenants in Ontario” in 3 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (January 2007), No. 1, pp. 2-3.
“Site Plan Approval & Applicable Law: Challenging Decisions Before the Ontario Municipal Board Rather than the Courts” in 104 Ontario Building Officials Association Journal, (December 2014), pp. 4-7.
“Site Plan Control Agreements and Applicable Law” in 1 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (February 2004), pp. 245, 258-261.
“Site Plan Control Not Applicable to Telecommunications Undertakings” in 2 TechTalk (Spring 2007), No. 2, pp. 5-6.
“The Green Energy & Green Economy Act, 2009” in TechTalk (Fall 2009), pp. 1, 4-6.
“The Use of Bonus Zoning in Ontario: Planning Virtue or Vice” in 41 Municipal Lawyer (May/June, 2000), pp. 16-36.
“Trading Amenities to Density – Planning Legislation Provides Room for Deal Makings” in 21 Canadian Property Management (September 2006), pp. 25-26.
“Tree By-laws and Development Approvals” in TechTalk (Winter 2011), pp. 1-4.
“Valuing Cash-in-Lieu of Parkland – The Place Where Development Occurs” in 8 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (May 2017) No. 5, pp. 1-5.
“Zoning By-laws, Chief Building Officials & the Home Statute Rule” in 8 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (March 2017) No. 3, pp. 1-6.
“Zoning with Conditions” in TechTalk (Summer 2008), pp. 5-7.
MEETINGS
“Context Matters – Privilege, Bad Faith and Closed Door Council Meetings” in 6 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (February 2014), No. 14, pp. 1-12.
“Local Boards, Private Deliberations and Closed Meeting Investigations” in 8 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (September 2018) No. 21, pp. 1-6.
MUNICIPAL LEGISLATION
“A Proposed Charter for the City of Toronto” in 47 Municipal Lawyer (March/April 2006), pp. 25-28.
“Are We There Yet? – Ontario's Journey Through Municipal Legislative Reform” in 2006 Annual IMLA Conference (September 17-20, 2006).
“Closed Meeting Investigations in Ontario” in 19 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (July 2008), pp. 2-5.
“General Grants of Municipal Powers to be Broadly Interpreted” in 1 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (April 2004), pp. 285, 299-301.
“I Grant Unto Thee – A Misapplication of the Natural Person Powers” in 2 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (January 2005), pp. 1, 14-15.
“Interpreting Municipal Legislative Powers – Expanding the Scope Once Again” in 2005 Annual IMLA Conference (September 25-28, 2005).
“Municipal Decision-Making and the Open Meeting Requirement” in 3 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (September 2007), No. 9, pp. 2-5.
“Municipal Powers Respecting Language” in 4 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (January 2011), pp. 1-5.
“Ontario's Ever-Changing Municipal Licensing Regime” in 3 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (November 2007), No. 11, pp. 3-6.
“Park Proposal Did Not Contravene Bonusing Prohibition” in The Lawyers Weekly (September 30, 2011), p. 16.
“The Music of the Spheres: The Spheres of Jurisdiction” in Making Over The Body Politic: A Practical Guide to the Municipal Act, 2001 (Law Society of Upper Canada – Continuing Legal Education – November 22, 2002).
“Toronto's New Taxes” in 3 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (December 2007), No. 12, pp. 3-6.
“Why Ontario Needs a Specialized Municipal Court” in The Lawyers Weekly (June 11, 2010), pp. 13 and 15.
MUNICIPAL POWERS AND JURISDICTION
“A Quarter Century of Municipal Law – One Year at a Time” in 7 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (October 2015), No. 10, pp. 1-36.
MUNICIPAL REGULATION
“Controlling After-Hours Businesses” in 3 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (July 1995), pp. 99, 114-115.
“Economic Development, Expropriation and the Prohibition Against Municipal Bonusing” in 31 Municipal & Planning Law Reports (5th), pp. 7-16.
“Expropriation for Economic Development & The Anti-Bonusing Rule” in 6 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (June 2014), No. 18, pp. 1-16.
“Is the Writing on the Wall for Sign By-laws in Canada?” in 43 Municipal Lawyer (September-October, 2002), pp. 16-18.
“Municipal Accountability and Provincial Oversight: Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Ontario Ombudsman” in 6 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (October 2014), No. 22, pp. 1-7.
“Municipal Land Dispositions in Ontario” in 8 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (February 2018) No. 8, pp. 1-5.
“Municipal Oversight: Ontario's Bill 8 Undoes Previous Legislation, Expands Ombudsman Powers” in The Lawyers Weekly (June 12, 2015), pp. 14-15.
“Municipal Regulation and Women's Right to Bear Breasts” in 4 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (July 1997), pp. 83, 94-96.
“Ontario's Municipal Service Boards” in 22 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (October 2008), pp. 3-7.
“Practically Expedient Yet Commercially Compulsive” in 4 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (October 1998), pp. 297, 310-313.
“Public Nuisances, Closure Orders and Statutory Injunctions – Using Municipal Powers for a Public Purpose” in 9 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (February 2019) No. 2, pp. 1-5.
“Regulating Advertising on Public Transit Systems” in 4 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (May 2010), pp. 1-4.
“Regulating Off-Road Vehicles on Municipal Highways” in 3 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (February 2008), No. 14, pp. 3-6.
“Regulating Residential Signs – An American Perspective” in 2 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (August 1994), pp. 323, 333-336.
“The Evolution of the Municipal Licensing Regime in Ontario” in 51 Municipal Lawyer (July/August 2010), pp. 24-27 and 37-38.
NEGLIGENCE
“Deep Pocket Liability for Ontario Municipalities” in 1 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (July 1992), pp. 327, 343.
“Governmental Immunity for Negligence: Narrowing the Scope of Reviewable Decisions” in 2 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (July 1994), pp. 313, 323-324.
“Nuisance Liability and Municipal Bare Pavement Policies” in 2 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (April 1993), pp. 51, 66-67.
“The Discretionary Enforcement Principle, the Self-Help Remedy and Defences to Municipal Liability” in 12 Municipal Liability Risk Management (October 2011), pp. 33-45.
TAX SALES
“It’s Not Over Till It’s Over – The Treasurer’s Discretion in Municipal Tax Sales” in 8 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (November 2017), pp. 1-5.
“One Day Late for a Very Important Date – Relief from a Faulty Municipal Tax Sale in British Columbia” in 9 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (May 2019) No. 5, pp. 1-5.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
“Cable Television, Implied Powers and User Fees” in 2 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (November 1993), pp. 181, pp. 195-196.
“Disconnecting Municipal Site Plan Control Over Telecommunications Undertakings” in 48 Municipal Lawyer (May/June 2007), pp. 26 and 32.
“Telecommunications Access to Municipal Rights-of-Way” in 6 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (April 2001), pp. 57, 71-74.
“Telecommunications Versus Site Plan Control: A Question of Impairment” in 3 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (June 2007) No. 6, pp. 3-5.
“Tension Makes a Tangle Over Telecommunications: Defining the Parameters of Co-Operative Federalism for Canadian Municipalities” in 9 Digest of Municipal & Planning Law (2d) (August 2020) No. 20, pp. 1-8.