Danae is Awesome!

There's good stuff in the world.

Danae is giving her first lecture as the instructor of a grad level course today and I am so proud of her! Yay!

I used to joke that I liked the gender subversion of being a doctor-and-mister couple instead of a doctor-and-missus. Now, of course, it would be doctor-and-missus again. Though I can't imagine anyone I know referring to us that way! Neither of us are a "Mrs." anything. (Actually, thinking about it more, I was identifying as agender when she got her doctorate, so I guess we weren't then either. Though I was still being perceived as male most of the time so in that sense it was a funny joke. Gender is so weird, you know?)

Tenants' Rights Regarding Smoking/Vaping

So this is actually irrelevant for Miriam and I, but I'd like to think we could have friends over if we had an actual yard to do things in, and it might be relevant then. One of the places we found as we looked at potential rental properties is a house. The landlord is very firm about smoking and vaping:

"No smoking or vaping of any kind nor growing of marijuana is permitted in the house, yards or on the property. NO exceptions. Zero tolerance! This has to be an absolute."

I'm not sure prohibiting smoking or vaping outdoors at a rental property is actually legal in SK or in Canada. It seems like something that could fall under the right to quiet enjoyment. Does anybody know?

ETA: Seems like from what little I was able to find, this is maybe/probably enforceable? That's interesting. I don't actually how I feel about it personally, but it's something we'd want to know.

Another edit: A Facebook friend found this and said it seems to suggest this is enforceable.

https://smokefreehousingon.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/kandlord-guide-aug-2010.pdf

I wrote: Thanks for that. This seems mostly focused on multi-tenant buildings, but it never actually excludes single family detached homes. And this language certainly suggests that a landlord can prohibit smoking/vaping on the entire property:

"As part of your policy you will need to decide if you want a smoke-free buffer zone around doorways, operable windows and air intakes, or if you want the entire property to be no-smoking. "

I'd really want to talk to a tenant's rights group or a lawyer to know with more certainty, but it certainly seems like this *could* be enforceable.