Or is this a simple loophole in the system as they have stated that you can have a pet as long as it’s an assistance animal.
The assistance animal clause has been there for years, even before the recent law changes.
I suspect that the strata manager or owners corp hasn’t changed the by-law because they felt they didn’t need to. I would be very confident that you could have your pet but if you wanted to be sure you could write to the strata secretary and tell them that their by-law is out of date and you won’t be abiding by it.