What is the City's position on public interest standing?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from The Architectural Institute of British Columbia v. Langford (City), 2021 BCCA 261 (CanLII):
The strict position advocated by the City is not consistent with the more flexible and purposive approach to public interest standing as explained by this Court in Fédération des parents francophones de Colombie-Britannique v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2012 BCCA 422 at paras. 17, 24–37.
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