Municipal

Cox & Palmer’s experienced lawyers provide counsel on a broad range of municipal law matters and as our client, you can rely on us to navigate the complex regulatory environment.

Advisory Services Include:

  • By-law implementation and enforcement
  • Planning and zoning
  • Land development
  • Taxation
  • Amalgamation
  • Risk management
  • Waste management
  • Public utilities
  • Finance

Additionally, we provide advice on issues concerning employment and labour law, as well as construction, tendering, environmental, administrative, and contractual matters.

Articles & Insights

User Pay Model To Allow For Cost Recovery Of Wastewater Services

Written by: Kevin Latimer, KC. Facing daunting capital and operational challenges, Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) has amended its wastewater discharge bylaw to allow for cost recovery of wastewater services through a user pay model. The munici­pality sees this as the first step in a larger transformation. Like many Canadian municipalities, CBRM had aging wastewater […]

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A New Municipal Era – Less Talk, More Action?

Now that two provincial governments have taken steps to streamline municipal decision-making on priority issues, maybe it’s time for municipal governments to consider whether, in the public interest, they themselves should examine ways to streamline other municipal processes. In both Ontario and Nova Scotia, provincial governments have dramatically changed the balance of power, ensuring that, […]

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