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Animals in Rental Housing and No‑Pet Clauses: An Isolated Decision Raising Major Questions

Animals in Rental Housing and No‑Pet Clauses: An Isolated Decision Raising Major Questions

It is essential to emphasize from the outset that this decision remains, at this stage, isolated. It does not overturn the general rule, it does not amend the Civil Code of Québec, nor does it create an automatic right for tenants to keep an animal despite a clause to the contrary in the lease or building rules. However, it opens the door to discussion and legal debate that could, in the coming years, influence the relationship between contractual clauses and fundamental rights.

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