B.C. landlords want to weed out pot smoking in rentals

LandlordBC would like to see the province give landlords the ability to ban the recreational smoking and growing of marijuana in rental housing.

“We are concerned about the negative impact the consumption and growing of recreational marijuana will have on… rental housing and, especially concerned about the negative impact within multi-unit residential buildings,” says a submission to the Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Secretariat of B.C. The secretariat was established to coordinate the development of a provincial regulatory framework around the impending legalization of marijuana.

LandLordBC, which is the professional industry association representing owners and managers of rental housing in the province, made the submission in November. Read more.