Does a municipality have the power to enact discriminatory provisions in its bylaws?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Cook, 2001 SKQB 288 (CanLII):
The power possessed by municipalities to make bylaws does not include the power to enact discriminatory provisions unless the enabling statute expressly grants to the municipality power to enact discriminatory bylaws: City of Montreal v. Arcade Amusements Inc., 1985 CanLII 97 (SCC), [1985] 1 S.C.R. 368 at 404.
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