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Young v. Saanich Police Department, 2003 BCSC 926 (CanLII).

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<strong>Young</strong> v. <strong>Saanich</strong> <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Department</strong>, et al Page 9<br />

[14] The petitioners moved into a two-bedroom first floor<br />

suite in the apartment building at the beginning of September<br />

2001. They pay market rent.<br />

Marihuana Use in the Building<br />

[15] Mr. <strong>Young</strong> has smoked marihuana in his suite or on his<br />

patio on a regular basis since the commencement of the<br />

tenancy. He deposed that he smokes the equivalent of 1/4 of a<br />

<strong>2003</strong> <strong>BCSC</strong> <strong>926</strong> (<strong>CanLII</strong>)<br />

tobacco cigarette every two to three hours or 1 1/2 tobacco<br />

cigarettes per day. He further deposed that he and his wife<br />

take steps to minimize the marihuana smoke in their suite by<br />

opening windows and using fans and an air purifier. He also<br />

maintains that the building is designed with pressurized<br />

hallways that create an airflow from the hallway into the<br />

suites for the purpose of minimizing smoke in the hallway in<br />

the event of a fire.<br />

Difficulties with the Neighbours<br />

[16] The petitioners' difficulties with their fellow tenants<br />

began on October 7, 2001, with the receipt of an anonymous<br />

letter in their mailbox. The handwritten letter read as<br />

follows:

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