New hire is a signal Ottawa is taking a strict line on recreational marijuana
Ms. McLellan has a lot of experience dealing with marijuana issues in Ottawa
The Globe & Mail (Canada)
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Thursday, June 2, 2016
The Liberal government is sending further signals it plans a strict regime for recreational marijuana by hiring former public safety minister Anne McLellan to develop plans to legalize the drug. Sources confirmed that Ms. McLellan will head a federal-provincial task force that will report to Bill Blair, the Liberal MP and parliamentary secretary for justice who is in charge of the file. Mr. Blair, a former Toronto police chief, has denounced the growing number of unregulated pot dispensaries across the country of which 45 were raided by police last month.
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