B.C. MP introduces private member's bill to protect landlords whose tenants grow medical marijuana

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B.C. MP introduces private member's bill to protect landlords whose tenants grow medical marijuana
After receiving complaints from constituents, a Conservative British Columbia MP says landlords should be able to decide if tenants can grow medical marijuana.

Cathy McLeod has introduced a private member's bill in the House of Commons requiring tenants in rental properties to get permission from their landlords if they want to grow medical marijuana.

"If someone's got a couple hundred thousand of their hard earned money invested, I think they have the right to provide permission or not," McLeod said.

"For the last number of years, I've had a number of constituents that have phoned into the office and they're landlords, and they've found out that there's medical grow operations happening in their homes and they . . had no idea about it, their insurance becomes invalid and they worry about the long-term repercussions," McLeod said.

"I've had people come into my office in tears," she added.

Many have poured their life savings into rental property investments, she said, but the marijuana operations have jeopardized those investments.

"They're worried about the smells, they're worried about the damage, they're worried about when they go to sell their property they have to claim is as a marijuana grow-op. People are losing their life savings."

Rental grow-ops

Right now, tenants in a rental are not required to ask permission from the landlord to grow medical marijuana in the property.

If a tenant is growing medical marijuana in a rental home, the landlord's insurance will be cancelled, because medical marijuana grow-ops are considered high-risk.

In an email, Andrew McGrath from the Insurance Bureau told CBC's Go Public that "while regulations may allow for the legal growing of marijuana for medical purposes, it does not change the structural risk grow-ops pose to homes and condos."

"I don't blame insurance companies for not wanting to insure when there're no protections in place," McLeod said.

She said she has a lot of support for the bill.

"I have a huge positive response from groups across the country, from fire departments to insurance companies to real estate agents to my Conservative colleagues," McLeod said.

Even if the bill does not pass, it will have created a discussion around the issue, she said.
 
now that the infrastructure is in place, we don't need to grow...there are huge warehouses that can grow safely because the common grunt isn't capable of that.
 
now that the infrastructure is in place, we don't need to grow...there are huge warehouses that can grow safely because the common grunt isn't capable of that.
Well I knew that's what they'd think when they got the LP's up n running...there is a master plan. They won't say that though. That's why the cunts who support LP are scum and no better than shit on my boot. They help the governments delusions.
Trudy boy wants it outta of our hands and into his pocket.......dirty fuck tard. A liar too.
 
I see it both ways. A patient should have a right to grow, but the landlord has a right to protect his/her investment. I wouldn't want my property destroyed and me powerless to act. I think the solution is going to be loosening the rules for outdoor grows and allowing co-op gardens or rentable garden space.
 
I see it both ways. A patient should have a right to grow, but the landlord has a right to protect his/her investment. I wouldn't want my property destroyed and me powerless to act. I think the solution is going to be loosening the rules for outdoor grows and allowing co-op gardens or rentable garden space.
i think they should meet in the middle. make sure the grow is safe and then the landlord can go away
if you are doing it for yourself or really medical, you'd want everything working smoothly and having a bad grow/environment doesn't make for good medicine.
i think they view all the grows as for profit and don't consider that patients don't want their medicine grown in a mess
 
i think they should meet in the middle. make sure the grow is safe and then the landlord can go away
if you are doing it for yourself or really medical, you'd want everything working smoothly and having a bad grow/environment doesn't make for good medicine.
i think they view all the grows as for profit and don't consider that patients don't want their medicine grown in a mess
This makes SO MUCH sense it will never happen. Common sense eludes HC
 
well then I guess its a good thing the sick have the COURTS on their side..
eventually...they'll figure out that hammering people with a victim less crime cant be done..sooner or later.. people will not take it .,,and push back harder!
 
I see it both ways. A patient should have a right to grow, but the landlord has a right to protect his/her investment. I wouldn't want my property destroyed and me powerless to act. I think the solution is going to be loosening the rules for outdoor grows and allowing co-op gardens or rentable garden space.

I know this is going against the grain but the landlord should have some say in it especially if the renters start to add in power and remodeling the place. Having said that the landlord should not be able to evict the tenant if the tenant asks if they can grow or if the grow doesn't change anything in the house like say a grow tent.

For me I haven't asked my landlord if I could grow as my rent is so cheap no way would I ever get a house this size for the price or even come close to getting a mortgage like this unless I move to where 2200sf houses cost $100K, I've rented from him for 10 years and we have a good relation ship but he does come in every 3 months to check and when I asked him why his bank and insurance demands an inspection.
 
I know this is going against the grain but the landlord should have some say in it especially if the renters start to add in power and remodeling the place. Having said that the landlord should not be able to evict the tenant if the tenant asks if they can grow or if the grow doesn't change anything in the house like say a grow tent.

For me I haven't asked my landlord if I could grow as my rent is so cheap no way would I ever get a house this size for the price or even come close to getting a mortgage like this unless I move to where 2200sf houses cost $100K, I've rented from him for 10 years and we have a good relation ship but he does come in every 3 months to check and when I asked him why his bank and insurance demands an inspection.
if you live in a strata you have to ask permission to do reno's so why not for making a grow room?
i think that because we have the right to grow doesn't mean we trample on others rights.
have a good relationship and do it right....besides, who wants to ruin their medicine or their home?
if i ever move and get a grow room, i want to make sure it's CLEAN.
i think as a renter you have the responsibility to leave the place in the same condition you got it in so you clean up after yourself...to me that's respect and common sense.
if a landlord wants to boot you because you grow, show him where it can be good for both sides and assure him you won't mess up his property. if that won't work, then fight but try to work it out first
 
tell that to every insurance company
except for the guy few people can afford..
and certainly not something the landlord would /should pay

no one said life was fair...

here is "no reason" for a lot of unfair things in life
Which brings me back to the need for alternatives. Damage to rentals occurs from many different activities. Pets, kids, drunken parties, etc. Most tenants do not have insurance and the landlord is on the hook for damages. Cannabis can be grown without causing damage, so singling out one plant while not specifying the same restriction for african violets will discriminate against cannabis patients. With the new normal being 3g /day, most could use a grow tent or box. Not ideal, but it would/should erase the landlord's fears. A better option would be co-op gardens, or a self-storage rented out as grow rooms. Outdoor in your yard or on your balcony works too. There are solutions but the biggest obstacle is getting over the stigma.
 
I was reading my policy and the way it reads I am either exempted from the CDSA in which case it is cool, or the way it is worded if I am not consider to be exempted then in theory even having a small nug bought from an LP legally under the ACMPR can void my insurance........

Because it say's some thing along the lines of. "Marijuana grow, harvesting and including dried cannabis and or any drug that falls with in the CDSA" Hummmm So I guess I am not alowd to medicate in my own home ......
 
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