Is a municipality required to pay for the transportation and maintenance of the militia?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from A1606663 (Re), 2018 CanLII 134304 (BC WCAT):
Crewe-Read v. The Municipality of Cape Breton[4] arose out of the necessity to call in the militia to suppress riots in Cape Breton. A statute then in force provided that when a municipality was unable to quell unrest and found it necessary to call in the militia, the municipality was required to pay for the transportation and maintenance of the militia.
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