安省Magnetawan一名女子2022年以32万元购买50英亩物业及一栋四睡房度假屋,后来测绘发现房屋等设施实际位于相邻公地。她尝试购买约1.5英亩公地,但自然资源部门拒绝,法院随后维持拒售决定。

据CTV引用的判决,法院认可她并非造成问题的人,也指出政府解释不够充分,但认为保留公地决定合理:出售应有足够公共利益,私人购买者的困难并不自动满足条件。

法院同时批评部门信中“必须在12个月内移走设施”等措辞,认为会让收信人误以为已经形成可强制执行的法律义务;政府在庭上的立场是要求自愿移走。拒绝卖地与该信是否已经构成强制拆移命令不能混为一谈,本案也不能替代其他物业的专业边界调查。

来源:CTVNews 原报道。大鱼新闻整理原创中文摘要;保留原刊发日期。

A woman who bought a 20-year-old cottage in Magnetawan in 2022 not only later discovered it was on Crown land, but was told by the Ministry of Natural Resources she had to remove it or face the consequences. (Municipality of Magnetawan photo)

A woman who bought a 20-year-old cottage in Magnetawan in 2022 not only later discovered it was on Crown land, but was told by the Ministry of Natural Resources she had to remove it or face the consequences. (Municipality of Magnetawan photo)

An aerial shot of the Municipality of Magnetawan. (Photo courtesy of Daniel Wilson)

An aerial shot of the Municipality of Magnetawan. (Photo courtesy of Daniel Wilson)