What is the test for a city to be strictly bound by the legislation on retroactively collecting taxes?

Manitoba, Canada


The following excerpt is from Red River College (Board of Governors) v. Winnipeg (City of) et al., 2005 MBQB 124 (CanLII):

65. The College refers to the case of Asper v. Winnipeg (City) Tax Collector 2004 MBCA 52, for the proposition that the City is strictly bound by the legislation in order to be able to retroactively collect taxes.

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