Joan Young quoted in Richmond News article: ” City can’t refuse pot greenhouse: Court”
Richmond doesn’t have the authority to override provincial agricultural land use rules, a BC Supreme Court judge found.
“The municipality [Richmond] tried to regulate something that they didn’t have the power to regulate,” said Joan Young, a lawyer with McMillan LLP who has written about the case. “They can use their bylaws in all sorts of ways, but they can’t override provincial laws.”
To read the full Richmond News article, click here.
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