Municipalities can be sued

This information may not seem important to some and even trivial to others but this report involves every municipality across Canada. There are some municipalities that are already using this suing process against their respective municipalities.
This lack of public information is one reason why Eyes on City Hall was formed back in 1998 as at that time there was a perception people did not need to know everything that went on in their municipality, region, province,and country. "What they don't know won't hurt them " is the wrong attitude to take.
This writer and Eyes on City Hall are very careful on what we write. The information is garnered from newspapers and periodicals all across the province and country, information Eyes know has not appeared in local papers.
The following is a copy of a press release by Greater Toronto Sewer and Watermain Construction Association (GTSWCA) for the public dated March 01, 2007. "Municipalities increasingly ON THE HOOK for damages from poorly maintained water and sewer pipes. Increasingly Canadian homeowners and businesses are successfully suing municipalities for damages resulting from sewer and watermain failures, and local governments had better wake up to the fact that their aging underground pipes pose serious risk of liability. That's the conclusion of well-known Toronto environmental lawyer Dianne Saxe. In her report commissioned by the Ontario Water and Sewer Construction Association (OSWCA) she says municipalities face civil suits and even quasi-criminal prosecutions if they fail to adequately inspect,maintain, repair, and replace their aging underground infrastructures. Lawyer Saxe goes on to say this may come as a shock to many municipalities because they believe they are protected by statutory authority and statutory immunity" NOT SO" notes Saxe.There are several cases where municipalities have been held responsible for property damage resulting from sewer and drain backups and broken watermains"
The above is an exert taken from the (GTSWCA) press release in Toronto on Thursday March 1, 2007.
This is a severe problem right across the country, a problem that every citizen in Canada should be made aware in the event one experiences such damages.