Quebec Court of Appeal Hears Case on Granting Tenants the Right to Have Pets

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The Court of Quebec began to hear the appeal of a decision of the Housing Administrative Tribunal suspending the prohibition of animals by owners.

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Does the prohibition of having an animal in a dwelling violate the right to liberty and the right to privacy provided for in the Charters of Rights and Freedoms? At first instance, Administrative Judge Suzanne Guèvremont of the Administrative Housing Tribunal (TAL) ruled that yes, a first in the history of the law governing leases.