Montreal to Spend $1.3 Million Combating Illicit Cannabis 12/14/2018
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Montreal, Quebec has set aside $1.3 million in funding to combat the local illicit cannabis market, according to the Montreal Gazette.
Montreal’s new spending will fund a 26-officer police squad with the mandate to control and eliminate the cannabis illicit market. Two members of the squad will be civilians.
The province of Quebec is already known for having some of the most restrictive cannabis laws in Canada.
Recently, officials there launched an effort to raise the minimum age for cannabis consumption to 21 and ban public consumption; in other provinces, public consumption is often legal and the age for purchase is 18 or 19. Home cultivation is also illegal in Quebec, meaning that the province and it’s most populous city, Montreal, are likely to have the most tightly controlled cannabis markets in Canada.
A similar task force to fight the illicit tobacco market sparked a decline in contraband tobacco sales from 30% to 12% over the course of nine years.
There has been push back from around Canada, including from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, over Quebec‘s cannabis laws. Many believe that the province’s harsh stance on cannabis will result in a thriving black market instead of a clean transition to a legal cannabis framework, as the legislation was intended.
Montreal’s new spending will fund a 26-officer police squad with the mandate to control and eliminate the cannabis illicit market. Two members of the squad will be civilians.
The province of Quebec is already known for having some of the most restrictive cannabis laws in Canada.
Recently, officials there launched an effort to raise the minimum age for cannabis consumption to 21 and ban public consumption; in other provinces, public consumption is often legal and the age for purchase is 18 or 19. Home cultivation is also illegal in Quebec, meaning that the province and it’s most populous city, Montreal, are likely to have the most tightly controlled cannabis markets in Canada.
A similar task force to fight the illicit tobacco market sparked a decline in contraband tobacco sales from 30% to 12% over the course of nine years.
There has been push back from around Canada, including from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, over Quebec‘s cannabis laws. Many believe that the province’s harsh stance on cannabis will result in a thriving black market instead of a clean transition to a legal cannabis framework, as the legislation was intended.
TheRealDman
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Like $1.3M is gonna do anything...lol. How much did the Quebec gov spend during prohibition....to not even put a dent in Quebec fiya?
TheRealDman
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$1.3M wont even cover the salary of 26 cops. Even rookie cops make close to $100k/year. So just another Gov funded project in the red before it even gets started...well done Qc. 
VIANARCHRIS
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Ottawa will just give them more of our money. They wouldn't be wasting money like this if we cut that $14 billion/yr by 2/3rds.
CalyxCrusher
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-Open sales instead of monopolizing them, private storefronts.
-Open them for more than THREE days a week
-Allow home grows
All these changes wouldn't cost $1 million plus salaries for 26 new law enforcement jobs. Infact, it would create new jobs for the public sector and bring in tax revenue. But hey, that's just too logical i guess......
-Open them for more than THREE days a week
-Allow home grows
All these changes wouldn't cost $1 million plus salaries for 26 new law enforcement jobs. Infact, it would create new jobs for the public sector and bring in tax revenue. But hey, that's just too logical i guess......
OldMedUser
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Quebec is a poor, have-not province suffering from little-man syndrome so they have to act tough to try to get some respect. Like when my bro-in-law does it just makes them look even more like the loser he . . .er, they are!
Opening new stores won't do any good when there is nothing to put on the shelves. Everybody thinks this mess is because of Hellth Canaduh's incompetence but this was all planned from the start to starve out the smaller players so the big ones owned by Harper's old cronies can swoop in and buy them up for pennies on the dollar.
If the Cons get in the next elction they'll probably try to make home grows illegal again to support their greedy corporate friends so don't get complacent come voting time!
Follow the money!
Opening new stores won't do any good when there is nothing to put on the shelves. Everybody thinks this mess is because of Hellth Canaduh's incompetence but this was all planned from the start to starve out the smaller players so the big ones owned by Harper's old cronies can swoop in and buy them up for pennies on the dollar.
If the Cons get in the next elction they'll probably try to make home grows illegal again to support their greedy corporate friends so don't get complacent come voting time!
Follow the money!
CalyxCrusher
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A lot of former Liberal party members in the LP game
OldMedUser
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Mostly former Conservative party a-holes from all I've read about who's running those sinking ships but I imagine there's plenty of Liberal jerks with their hands in the cookie jar as well.
Still wondering why no one has started an investigation into the illegal dealings that set those pricks up but then again . . .
Follow the money.
MedicatedHiker
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It's the second largest economy in Canada.
OldMedUser
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Then why are they getting the biggest equalization payment of over 13 billion?
Being so stupid about pot sure isn't going to help their bottom line.
MedicatedHiker
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Cognitive dissonance, eh?
The Quebec economy is only second to Ontario's in size in Canada.
PS. The payments have been criticized as a sign that the federal government is underfunding the provinces who receive them. I think you can understand how the government uses these payments as a pretext to improperly redistribute wealth.
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OldMedUser
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Lot of Liberals in Quebec too so could be looked at as buying votes too.
gwheels
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That is an interesting point. 2nd largest economy taking an equalization payment that is almost twice all of the others combined. Why the fuck is that payment made? Alberta is going to need some of that back with the oil slump fucking up the economy and all.
The massive payment shows the province has poor economic performance and does not really give a shit because the equalization payment offsets their performance.
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VIANARCHRIS
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It has a lot to do with their extortion of Canadians via the 'Distinct Society' scam. They need billions per year so they don't forget how to be Francophone.
It's not just Alberta who contributes to that fund...BC wants their share back too.
MedicatedHiker
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Again, those payments are less than what the provinces who receive them should be receiving in terms of federal investments and funding. It's a means to label those provinces as less than healthy in order to hide the federal government's own inadequate redistribution of wealth.
VIANARCHRIS
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The way to fix that is to eliminate equalization payments altogether. Provinces will pay less to the feds, but they will need to pay their own way. It would benefit places like BC and Alberta who already pull their weight, but Quebec would implode without the $14 billion/yr we give them.