The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with the City of Windsor to hear its ongoing fight to clean up properties on Indian Road.
The court granted leave to hear Windsor's Ambassador Bridge appeal.
The respondent Canadian Transit Company owns and operates the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor and Detroit. It plans to build another bridge and purchased land in Windsor.
The applicant, the City of Windsor, alleges the properties have not been properly maintained and under its by-laws issued repair orders against CTC’s 114 properties.
CTC applied to the federal court. In its notice of application, CTC seeks a declaration that the city’s by-law “does not apply to properties purchased, leased or otherwise acquired and held” by it, including the 114 properties.
The City bought a motion to strike the application in the federal court. The court allowed the motion.
The Federal Court of Appeal allowed the appeal, set aside the judgment of the federal court and dismissed the motion to strike.
