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So in this case, I think it makes sense to have Universal and consistent regulations put out by the federal government, but then leaving some freedom to provinces and to municipalities to apply those regulations in their local contexts in a way that makes sense to them considering that Canada has a really big country and we are quite diverse. I think it's in good faith to give to allow some freedom for provinces to
 Apply regulations set out by the federal government. What I'd like to get into for my response is some of the concerns that have happened at a local level in Halifax as that's what I'm most familiar with so after cannabis was legalized in Halifax. There was a response first of all from local dispensaries for a couple reasons. So local dispensaries.
 That contribute jobs to the local economy. We're concerned about the loss of those jobs and they also felt that they'd invested quite a lot of time and their own experience into providing education and building relationships with their customers and their argument was that that relationship allowed for greater safety and cannabis use because they were able to share their expertise and then
 I think another concern that came up or in any case that I'm wondering about is both the cost of acquiring license and the process of going through that. I'm unsure what that looks like and I can see how some dispensaries might want to be regulated and sorry licensed. But if that process is unnecessarily difficult or not even difficult, but just has not been communicated. Well between the government and dispensaries that could cause problems
 Ones and good kind of cause animosity so I just want to reiterate that I think regulation is has been a great thing in the sense that you're getting consistent information about things like the age requirement for purchasing marijuana to make sure that products sold are safe and that it's clear what they contain particularly for people who are purchasing marijuana.
 New or different compounds for using them for specific purposes that's been a great benefit. I think having regulation in place ensures compliance with those guidelines that are essential for maintaining safety similar to what we see with regulation around liquor consumption and purchase. So another issue that came up in Halifax is kind of a social justice perspective on this because
 When cannabis was legalized here the city also decided to create a smoking band so that you could only smoke in designated areas in the city and this applied to both it applied to both cannabis and cigarettes because the argument was that maybe it would be difficult to tell what people were smoking so it's better to just and it all together in public spaces. And the problem with this is that there was the concerned
 That it was going to disproportionately affect people of lower socioeconomic status who might not have, you know, a private property to kind of retire to to smoke. So if they're renting and their apartment building doesn't allow smoking where they supposed to go smoke and considering that
 And he was considering that nicotine is a real addiction that could be quite difficult for some people.
 And then one more issue all are one more concerned. I think that legalization of cannabis brought up was what do we do with the population of people who have been incarcerated for a cannabis possession or for selling it do we retroactively release people from jail, I think yes, so that was just a concern of making sure that people didn't fall through the cracks especially people who are incarcerated for cannabis are just
 Fortunately black so that's just a summary I think of some of the local concerns. But again, that's the benefit of allowing some freedom to provinces and municipalities to kind of apply regulations around cannabis because they're able to Grapple with local problems that arise for them. Thank you so much.

So in this case, I think it makes sense to have Universal and consistent regulations put out by the federal government, but then leaving some freedom to provinces and to municipalities to apply those regulations in their local contexts in a way that makes sense to them considering that Canada has a really big country and we are quite diverse. I think it's in good faith to give to allow some freedom for provinces to

 Apply regulations set out by the federal government. What I'd like to get into for my response is some of the concerns that have happened at a local level in Halifax as that's what I'm most familiar with so after cannabis was legalized in Halifax. There was a response first of all from local dispensaries for a couple reasons. So local dispensaries.

 That contribute jobs to the local economy. We're concerned about the loss of those jobs and they also felt that they'd invested quite a lot of time and their own experience into providing education and building relationships with their customers and their argument was that that relationship allowed for greater safety and cannabis use because they were able to share their expertise and then

 I think another concern that came up or in any case that I'm wondering about is both the cost of acquiring license and the process of going through that. I'm unsure what that looks like and I can see how some dispensaries might want to be regulated and sorry licensed. But if that process is unnecessarily difficult or not even difficult, but just has not been communicated. Well between the government and dispensaries that could cause problems

 Ones and good kind of cause animosity so I just want to reiterate that I think regulation is has been a great thing in the sense that you're getting consistent information about things like the age requirement for purchasing marijuana to make sure that products sold are safe and that it's clear what they contain particularly for people who are purchasing marijuana.

 New or different compounds for using them for specific purposes that's been a great benefit. I think having regulation in place ensures compliance with those guidelines that are essential for maintaining safety similar to what we see with regulation around liquor consumption and purchase. So another issue that came up in Halifax is kind of a social justice perspective on this because

 When cannabis was legalized here the city also decided to create a smoking band so that you could only smoke in designated areas in the city and this applied to both it applied to both cannabis and cigarettes because the argument was that maybe it would be difficult to tell what people were smoking so it's better to just and it all together in public spaces. And the problem with this is that there was the concerned

 That it was going to disproportionately affect people of lower socioeconomic status who might not have, you know, a private property to kind of retire to to smoke. So if they're renting and their apartment building doesn't allow smoking where they supposed to go smoke and considering that

 And he was considering that nicotine is a real addiction that could be quite difficult for some people.

 And then one more issue all are one more concerned. I think that legalization of cannabis brought up was what do we do with the population of people who have been incarcerated for a cannabis possession or for selling it do we retroactively release people from jail, I think yes, so that was just a concern of making sure that people didn't fall through the cracks especially people who are incarcerated for cannabis are just

 Fortunately black so that's just a summary I think of some of the local concerns. But again, that's the benefit of allowing some freedom to provinces and municipalities to kind of apply regulations around cannabis because they're able to Grapple with local problems that arise for them. Thank you so much.

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The Cannabis Act came into...

Were there any concerns with... (transcribed)

Were there any concerns with how this was handled?

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Some dispensaries continue to sell... (transcribed)

Some dispensaries continue to sell cannabis products without a license. What are your thoughts on this?

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So in this problem we're... (transcribed)

So in this problem, we're talking about the federal cannabis act, that was passed and how provincial and Municipal governments dealt with the processing of this act. So I think it's important to start out by recognizing that they federal government. I think is tried to handle this quite similarly, to handle the andal liquor laws. This is that's a provincial issue. How its licensed, how it's and how it's sold.
 So I think in that sense, this process really make sense that it's there's some type of overarching federal consensus. And then there's individual provincial at provincial regulations. Just because Canada is such a large and diverse population. It makes sense that much like Health Care. This is something that is dealt with on the provincial level.
 This prompts also asking if there's any concerns about how this was done and I do think there were several concerns that had to be taken into consideration. So we had to think about this from a patient safety or people, safety level. So, how are we going to ensure that the people know how to use this substance responsibly? And that's you know, a lot of its going from Public Health.
 And there I know that there are ads on TV about this. So that's one thing that had to be considered. And then we also have to think about in terms of health care how its distributed as a as a medication which has its own other set of ramifications. If we had to think about how the drug or how it was going to be sold and dispensed.
 you also have to think about how it's going to be produced, and you have to think about it from a saved, like a safety standpoint as well in terms of
 Driving with this substance and in terms of the legal ramifications, so to say, so proper way of ensuring that there was proper ways to test for levels of marijuana and drivers. That was something I know that was an issue. And we had to ensure that there was proper those proper precautions before, it could just be something that was mainstream.
 So I think there's several levels that had to be several concerns that had to be dealt with, you know, age ranges for how old you have to be to. You have to be to purchase, or use this type of substance. There's so many issues and I do, I don't think that we've ironed out all of those yet because it is still so new here in Canada and in Ontario. However, I do strongly agree that it should be something dealt with provincially. I don't
 I know about a lot about the response in other places in Canada, and I know a little bit about it in our tario, but I do believe that there's so many avenues that had to be considered and it's something that is just going to take more time to have a real clear, real clear guidelines on. But I think we're definitely getting there and I think it's important for there to be proper resources out there for ontarians to access so that they
 have all the correct answers and so that they're going about it and getting these things from regulated sources much like how liquor is is now done. So to summarize, I think that it's great that it's dealt with at a provincial level, and I think we still have a little bit, a ways to go before, it's whereas confident with it dealing with it as we are with something like liquor. So, thank you.

So in this problem, we're talking about the federal cannabis act, that was passed and how provincial and Municipal governments dealt with the processing of this act. So I think it's important to start out by recognizing that they federal government. I think is tried to handle this quite similarly, to handle the andal liquor laws. This is that's a provincial issue. How its licensed, how it's and how it's sold.

 So I think in that sense, this process really make sense that it's there's some type of overarching federal consensus. And then there's individual provincial at provincial regulations. Just because Canada is such a large and diverse population. It makes sense that much like Health Care. This is something that is dealt with on the provincial level.

 This prompts also asking if there's any concerns about how this was done and I do think there were several concerns that had to be taken into consideration. So we had to think about this from a patient safety or people, safety level. So, how are we going to ensure that the people know how to use this substance responsibly? And that's you know, a lot of its going from Public Health.

 And there I know that there are ads on TV about this. So that's one thing that had to be considered. And then we also have to think about in terms of health care how its distributed as a as a medication which has its own other set of ramifications. If we had to think about how the drug or how it was going to be sold and dispensed.

 you also have to think about how it's going to be produced, and you have to think about it from a saved, like a safety standpoint as well in terms of

 Driving with this substance and in terms of the legal ramifications, so to say, so proper way of ensuring that there was proper ways to test for levels of marijuana and drivers. That was something I know that was an issue. And we had to ensure that there was proper those proper precautions before, it could just be something that was mainstream.

 So I think there's several levels that had to be several concerns that had to be dealt with, you know, age ranges for how old you have to be to. You have to be to purchase, or use this type of substance. There's so many issues and I do, I don't think that we've ironed out all of those yet because it is still so new here in Canada and in Ontario. However, I do strongly agree that it should be something dealt with provincially. I don't

 I know about a lot about the response in other places in Canada, and I know a little bit about it in our tario, but I do believe that there's so many avenues that had to be considered and it's something that is just going to take more time to have a real clear, real clear guidelines on. But I think we're definitely getting there and I think it's important for there to be proper resources out there for ontarians to access so that they

 have all the correct answers and so that they're going about it and getting these things from regulated sources much like how liquor is is now done. So to summarize, I think that it's great that it's dealt with at a provincial level, and I think we still have a little bit, a ways to go before, it's whereas confident with it dealing with it as we are with something like liquor. So, thank you.

So yeah, the reality is... (transcribed)

So yeah, the reality is that the there are dispensaries that are still selling marijuana without a license and I do think that that is an issue and it's something that it's going to take time to be able to deal with ice because it's still so new. We are we just aren't able to regulate it as well yet and some of the issues I see with this are just our from a safety standpoint. If they don't have the proper licensing, how can we be sure that they are following other?
 Proper rules like ensuring that they're not selling to underage, mine or underage people and that they're selling a product that's actually regulated through the government. We don't know these things. So there's a lot of safety issues with this and I think that it's going to take a lot more time to to be dealt with and since there are so many places that sell it and it's not
 It's not something like it's not as well. Organized, like the sale of liquor. I think. I think that's where it could improve on. I think we could look at places like the LCBO that are regulated to sell liquor and perhaps we could implement the sale of marijuana in places like that. So that it's, we're removing this type of dispensary locations, and individually owned locations, so that it's more regulated.
 Ted by The Province, and it's more of a cohesive regulation.
 And I do think going forward that that could be one potential solution to try to limit the sale of marijuana without proper licensing, without proper licenses.

So yeah, the reality is that the there are dispensaries that are still selling marijuana without a license and I do think that that is an issue and it's something that it's going to take time to be able to deal with ice because it's still so new. We are we just aren't able to regulate it as well yet and some of the issues I see with this are just our from a safety standpoint. If they don't have the proper licensing, how can we be sure that they are following other?

 Proper rules like ensuring that they're not selling to underage, mine or underage people and that they're selling a product that's actually regulated through the government. We don't know these things. So there's a lot of safety issues with this and I think that it's going to take a lot more time to to be dealt with and since there are so many places that sell it and it's not

 It's not something like it's not as well. Organized, like the sale of liquor. I think. I think that's where it could improve on. I think we could look at places like the LCBO that are regulated to sell liquor and perhaps we could implement the sale of marijuana in places like that. So that it's, we're removing this type of dispensary locations, and individually owned locations, so that it's more regulated.

 Ted by The Province, and it's more of a cohesive regulation.

 And I do think going forward that that could be one potential solution to try to limit the sale of marijuana without proper licensing, without proper licenses.

Emily Michaud