Rod MacDougall - Curriculum Vitae

Office

Strong MacDougall Oudekerk Professional Corporation
Unit 1214 130 Dufferin Avenue
London, ON N6A 5R2
E-mail: macdougall@municipallawyers.ca
Phone: 519 672 3535 x 22

Area of Practice

Expropriations Law
Land Use Planning Law
Municipal Law

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Queen’s University, 1963
Bachelor of Laws, Queen’s University, 1966
Called to the Bar in Ontario 1968

Employment History

2008 to Present: Founding Partner of Strong MacDougall Oudekerk Professional Corporation
2002-2008: Cohen Highley LLP, London, Ontario
1997-2002: Harrison Pensa, London, Ontario
1968-1997: Gardiner Roberts, Toronto, Ontario

Relevant Experience

Argued part of Loblaws Groceterias Ltd. v. Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, on behalf of Toronto, before the Supreme Court of Canada
Acted on behalf of the City of Kingston to retain the lands for the 1976 Olympic Harbour.
Acted on behalf of the Town of Tillsonburg in the acquisition of lands as part of an urban redevelopment scheme.
Acted on behalf of the Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority in the expropriation of the Don Valley Brickworks and the expropriation of the Motel Strip Lands in the City of Etobicoke.
Acted for the Town of Simcoe respecting road widening.
Acted for the Ministry of Transportation respecting several roadwork projects.
Acted for the Town of Oakville on several expropriation matters.
Acted for many developers and private individuals in expropriation matters.

Selected Reported Expropriation Cases

Rice Construction Co. Ltd. v. Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
Arsco Investments Ltd. v. Metropolitan Toronto
Sampson v. Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority
Farlinger Developments Ltd. v. East York
Ridgeport Developments v. Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
Thomson v. Nickle District Conservation Authority
Praetorius v. Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
Gyurcsik v. Tillsonburg
Kingston Portsmouth Marina Ltd. v. City of Kingston
Betson v. Ontario Hydro
F.W. Woolworth Co. Ltd. v. Tillsonburg
Mandryk v. Tillsonburg
Loblaws Ltd. v. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Tor Valley Developments Ltd. v. Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
Pitblado v. Town of Oakville
Murfin v. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario
Rodriguez Holding Corp. v. Vaughan (City)
Re Hydro One Networks

Selected Reported Land Use Planning Cases

City of Windsor – Official Plan No. 11
Borough to Scarborough—Official Plan Amendment No. 373
Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority v. City of Mississauga
Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto v. Toronto
Victoria Way Corp. Ltd. v. Etobicoke
Oakville Planning Area—Official Plan Amendments
City of London Planning Area—Official Plan Amendments Nos. 154-159, 160 and 161
Elizabeth Fry Society of Toronto v. Etobicoke
City of Etobicoke—Official Plan Amendments
Traher v. Middlesex Centre (Township)
Town of Flamborough Zoning By-law 98-13-Z
Township of West Perth Zoning By-law 100-1998
L’Chaim Shopping Centres Ltd. v. Region of Haldimand-Norfolk
Ben Gardiner Farms Inc. v. Township of West Perth
Wellington (County) Official Plan Amendment No. 7
Haldimand-Norfolk Regional Official Plan

Associations and Professional Activities

Member and former director of the Ontario Expropriation Association
Former member of the executive of the Ontario Bar Association, Municipal Section. Former Chairman of the Legislative Section of the Canadian Bar Association.
Participated in numerous seminars for the Ontario Bar, Insight, and Ontario Expropriation Association, and the Appraisal Institute.
Lectured at Ryerson on commercial zoning, lectured at University of Western Ontario on expropriation law, instructor in the Administrative law section of the Bar Admission Course.

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