M.L. council to discuss pot decision in coming weeks
Now that the provincial government has unrolled its plan for the regulation and sale of cannabis, communities around Saskatchewan will have some decisions to make, including the City of Meadow Lake.
This morning, the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) rolled out its plan, stating it will initially issue approximately 60 cannabis retail permits in up to 40 eligible municipalities and First Nation communities.
Meadow Lake Mayor Gary Vidal said while he and council knew the strategy was coming, it is not a topic they have discussed extensively to date as they were awaiting the provincial government’s regulations to be put in place.
“We’ve had very little conversation or discussion about it because we didn’t really know what the playing field was going to be, we didn’t know how it was going to look,” he said. “I suspect what will happen is that we will have to review this information, understand what it means to our community, and will probably have our administration analyze it, do a report for council and go from there.”