“It was sure a lot nicer than the last few months of condolences and regrets.”David McCann and his son John-David at their family farm in Milton. On Friday, the Halton Catholic District School Board withdrew a plan to expropriate 20 acres of the McCann family’s farm to build a high school. Colin Best, a Milton city council member, said the school board’s expropriation caught the town off guard. But I’m glad they smartened up and withdrew the plan.”Quinn said the school board is straining to accommodate significant growth in its student population in the region. “I’d heard, when (a school board) wants to expropriate, you pretty much have no hope,” he said.

Source: thestar September 16, 2018 15:56 UTC