A homeowner has been ordered to pay more than $100,000 for smoking cannabis at home in his apartment.
He must pay this amount to the co-ownership association.
“The courts are becoming less and less hesitant to sanction crimes related to smoking, both cigarettes and cannabis, within the co-ownership community,” explains Manuel St-Aubin, lawyer at St-Aubin, in an interview with TVA Nouvelles. Lawyers.
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To justify the conviction, the lawyer emphasizes the difference that exists between the tenant of a house and the owner of a condominium.
“If you become a co-owner of a co-ownership community, you must submit to the co-ownership declaration and the co-ownership regulations,” he explains, pointing out that in this case a regulation was actually made to restrict smoking in the residential complex.
Fines are usually provided in the event that an owner does not comply with the co-ownership regulations.
Although smoking tobacco or cannabis in your home is legal, the situation is different in a co-ownership association where it is prohibited by law.
“Living in a shared ownership community means agreeing to live with other people,” says Me St-Aubin.
You can find all of Me Manuel St-Aubin's explanations in his interview at the beginning of the article.