The ruling has just been announced that the Concerned Taxpayers were victorious in their court case against the RM of Portage la Prairie.

Here is a link to the ruling

It is a huge TIF image file so it is best read with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer and scroll through the pages

The last paragraph is worth the read.

(68) For these reasons I find that the RM did not comply with mandatory obligations set out by section 315 of the Act. Those breaches result in a loss of jurisdiction. I, therefore, quash the approval of the local improvement plan and the related borrowing by-law. The applicants are entitled to the costs of this application.

Signed
Justice Scurfield