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Building owners of apartments have only two weeks remaining to add a ban on smoking cannabis to leases that have already been signed.

Quebec’s law regulating cannabis has given property owners until Jan. 15 to send their tenants a notice of modification to their lease. Tenants can only refuse the new clause for medical reasons.

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If they do not object within 30 days of receiving the notice, the lease will be amended.

The Corporation des propriétaires immobiliers du Québec (CORPIQ) has raised concerns about the potential for long processing times by the provincial rental board, the Régie du logement.

Hans Brouillette, the director of public affairs of the CORPIQ, warned possible challenges to the ban on smoking cannabis might not be heard for several months.

As for owners who wish to change their leases after the Jan. 15 deadline, they will have to demonstrate the need for the ban to the satisfaction of their tenants — and they might not win, Brouillette added.