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Hi, my name is Amna Smiley and my pronouns are she her thank you so much for taking the time to meet with me today. So the scenario presented before me is something that I'm actually very grateful to have received because it's a topic that I have thought about for a long time ever. Since this act was legally passed and in 2018. I remember there was a lot of up or what students in my class heard that marijuana or cannabis had been legalized and it was definitely a controversial topic.
Sparked a lot of discussion in terms of the concerns with how this was handled. I can understand that at a federal level. There must be a lot of obligations that leaders have in order to make sure that things are rolling out laws are being passed. The country is running the way it is supposed to be run. However, it is challenging when something controversial such as leave. The legalization of cannabis is introduced into society and is something that is
 a bit of an abnormal situation because Society is not used to this cannabis was formerly just a drug that people would illegally purchase on the streets or through other third parties and they would be smoking it or doing whatever with it. Illegally. And now that this has been legalized there are positive and negative ramifications of that. However, what the question is focusing on is if it was handled well to expect the
 Provincial and Municipal governments to roll out this and mitigate the downstream effects and oversee the whole process with it. And I believe that in terms of rolling out and allowing cannabis to be legalized. That is alright if the federal government is able to provide the provincial and Municipal governments with some support in to how to proceed I do feel that.
 Such a controversial topic has a lot of discussion and debate surrounding it which makes it difficult for municipal governments or provincial governments to know how to best handle certain scenarios because again, it is New Territory. There has never been legalization of a drug like in this manner for a really significantly long time if ever and as such it's something that has received a lot of controversy because different provinces might be responding
 Differently are might have different age restrictions or rules as to permitting cannabis use versus some Municipal governments might have even more challenges because they are at a lower level in terms of a hierarchy and about exerting control. It might be more difficult for them to find where it is best to exert control such a / where they need to loosen up a little bit as such I believe that it would have been
 Good on the end of the federal government to allocate more money time and resources towards helping the provincial and Municipal governments rather than just legalizing cannabis and hoping that these governments were able to take care of the situation and of the downstream effects that may occur. It would have been more worthwhile. If the federal government had some general regulations or general ideas, that could have helped to support these provincial.
 principal governments during this situation

Hi, my name is Amna Smiley and my pronouns are she her thank you so much for taking the time to meet with me today. So the scenario presented before me is something that I'm actually very grateful to have received because it's a topic that I have thought about for a long time ever. Since this act was legally passed and in 2018. I remember there was a lot of up or what students in my class heard that marijuana or cannabis had been legalized and it was definitely a controversial topic.

Sparked a lot of discussion in terms of the concerns with how this was handled. I can understand that at a federal level. There must be a lot of obligations that leaders have in order to make sure that things are rolling out laws are being passed. The country is running the way it is supposed to be run. However, it is challenging when something controversial such as leave. The legalization of cannabis is introduced into society and is something that is

 a bit of an abnormal situation because Society is not used to this cannabis was formerly just a drug that people would illegally purchase on the streets or through other third parties and they would be smoking it or doing whatever with it. Illegally. And now that this has been legalized there are positive and negative ramifications of that. However, what the question is focusing on is if it was handled well to expect the

 Provincial and Municipal governments to roll out this and mitigate the downstream effects and oversee the whole process with it. And I believe that in terms of rolling out and allowing cannabis to be legalized. That is alright if the federal government is able to provide the provincial and Municipal governments with some support in to how to proceed I do feel that.

 Such a controversial topic has a lot of discussion and debate surrounding it which makes it difficult for municipal governments or provincial governments to know how to best handle certain scenarios because again, it is New Territory. There has never been legalization of a drug like in this manner for a really significantly long time if ever and as such it's something that has received a lot of controversy because different provinces might be responding

 Differently are might have different age restrictions or rules as to permitting cannabis use versus some Municipal governments might have even more challenges because they are at a lower level in terms of a hierarchy and about exerting control. It might be more difficult for them to find where it is best to exert control such a / where they need to loosen up a little bit as such I believe that it would have been

 Good on the end of the federal government to allocate more money time and resources towards helping the provincial and Municipal governments rather than just legalizing cannabis and hoping that these governments were able to take care of the situation and of the downstream effects that may occur. It would have been more worthwhile. If the federal government had some general regulations or general ideas, that could have helped to support these provincial.

 principal governments during this situation

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The Cannabis Act came into...

Were there any concerns with... (transcribed)

Were there any concerns with how this was handled?

Self-assessment

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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How was your experience?

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.

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