03-11-2017, 08:27 PM
(03-11-2017, 06:37 PM)Canard Wrote: Yeah, that's what I learned today. The word "expropriation" can mean anything from losing a centimetre of your property, to losing the whole thing.
(Eagle is really, really narrow though - I have a hard time imagining how it won't be entire properties.)
That letter is really nasty. I saw the CTV Clip last night, but didn't see the letter until today.
And at least in Canada, the property owner is always compensated supposedly the fair market value. I actually think the compensation should be somewhat higher, especially for owner-occupants — imagine somebody had bought a place specifically because it was where they wanted to live for the rest of their life. The value to them is then significantly higher than market value.
On the other hand, I’m sure there have been landlords for whom losing some useless front yard in return for some money is pure windfall.
But describing it as “confiscation” is clearly inappropriate. If somebody wants to complain about government confiscation/theft that actually exists, they should talk about civil asset forfeiture, not expropriation.