It’s force and theft outright. If you don’t offer a nice enough deal for your property they will take it from you.
Vancouver must stop this practice on non-crowned land.

Expropriation allowed under the Expropriation Act

Power to expropriate
532. If, in the exercise of any of its powers of acquiring real property, the city fails to come to an agreement with its owner as to the terms of acquisition, the city may, by by-law or resolution of the Council, expropriate such real property.
1953-55-532; 1958-72-28; 1987-23-121, effective December 24, 1987 (B.C. Reg. 451/87).

Additional area may be acquired
538. Where, in the exercise of the city’s powers of acquiring real property, it appears to the Council that it can acquire for the city a larger or other area of real property in the same block at a more reasonable price or on terms more advantageous to the city than those at which it could acquire the part immediately required for its purposes, the Council may acquire such larger or other area, and may afterwards dispose of so much of it as is not so required.
1953-55-538.

Power to expropriate personal property
540.1 (1)The Council may, in conjunction with an expropriation of real property, expropriate personal property.
(2)Where the Council expropriates personal property under subsection (1), section 16 (3) to (9) of the Hydro and Power Authority Act applies.
1987-23-123, effective December 24, 1987 (B.C. Reg. 451/87).