I need legal advice regarding the wording of a by-law in my condo. I am in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. With regards to the

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I am sorry to hear of this difficult situation.

I was just about to go to bed when I saw your question. I didn’t want you to have to wait all night. I cannot answer now but so I can answer in the morning can you please tell me what it says exactly.

Can you attach a copy?

Can read one paragraph but I can't review all your bylaws.

They may be right about the bylaw but they're not right about the human rights code. The dog doesn't have to be certified as being a service animal. That is a popular misconception. You are entitled to an emotional support animal when your doctor says that you need one. So if you provide them a letter from the doctor indicating that you need an accommodation which is to have emotionally support animal with you and they deny you that right they are in breach of the human rights code and you should file a complaint with the human rights Tribunal.

Does that clarify the law and fully answer your question?

It doesn't matter about any service dog act. It's the human rights code that protects you.

It's the Nova Scotia human rights act.

But it's not that it's written out in the act that disabled people are entitled to have emotional support animals in their homes. It is that disabled people are entitled to reasonable accommodation and that comes out of the caselaw and not out of a specific provision in the act.

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