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Supreme Court of Canada Upholds Federal Authority over Cellphone Towers – Overriding Municipal Regulations

By Joey Coleman, Editor | June 20, 2016

The Supreme Court of Canada weighted in on the municipal regulation of cellphone towers by ruling radiocommunications is solely within federal jurisdiction under the constitution and municipalities cannot block the installation of towers.

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