Tuesday is the deadline for landlords to let their tenants know whether or not they'll be permitted to smoke pot in the apartments.
Quebec has already given landlords to retroactively add a clause to tenants' leases about smoking pot, and set a deadline of Jan. 15 for that notice to be issued.
Medicinal marijuana smokers have the right to refuse the clause, though they'll have to send a refusal to the landlord within 30 days of receiving the notice, along with proof of delivery. At that point, the landlord could contest that refusal at a hearing before the rental board.
It isn't clear if those who intend to use cannabis for recreational purposes would be able to contest the change to the lease in a similar way.
According to Hans Brouillette of the Quebec Landlords' Association, landlords can add clauses in future leases to prevent marijuana smoking, but would likely face challenges from tenants renewing a lease.
The Association says many landlords are adding the extra anti-pot smoking clause because they don't want pot smoke to seep into the halls of an apartment building, and create a nuisance for other tenants.