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Fairness In The Allocation Of Housing: Legal And Economic Perspectives, A. Wayne Mackay, Margaret Holgate
Fairness In The Allocation Of Housing: Legal And Economic Perspectives, A. Wayne Mackay, Margaret Holgate
Dalhousie Law Journal
Housing is an emotional, almost religious, topic. Indeed, even church groups have been active in promoting public housing in Canada and elsewhere.' The housing market has also become a battleground for a struggle between vested property interests and citizens' groups which insist upon a redefinition of the right to shelter. Organizations, such as the Toronto-based People's Housing Coalition, Halifax's Access Housing Services Association, and a host of tenants' unions, ensure that housing problems are not hidden from public scrutiny. Developers and landlord associations have risen to the challenge and, under the banner of free enterprise, they steadfastly resist any charges …
Canadian Environmental Law In The Eighties: Problems And Perspectives, Peter Z. R. Finkle
Canadian Environmental Law In The Eighties: Problems And Perspectives, Peter Z. R. Finkle
Dalhousie Law Journal
Environmental law in Canada has developed slowly during the last two decades. While the rise and popularisation of the environmental movement of the sixties and early seventies did encourage the creation of a federal Department of Environment and many provincial counterparts, as well as facilitate the passage of a number of pieces of legislation, there is some question as to how substantial an impact the institutions and legislation have made on Canada society. One problem which has beset the development of adequate environmental legislation is the significant gap which has opened up between the words on paper, the "black letter …