OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp (OWCP)

[MjMilo]

That is only the first step...doesn't mean it's been approved. There were 46 amendments put forward that have to be addressed. That is a huge amount. The vote was overwhelmingly in favor. Our prime minister says he feels things are still on track for late summer legalization but most pundits here say it's more likely to be sometime this fall.

Either way things are moving in the right direction. I'd like to see what the suggested amendments are. There is a lot of discussion about how it will be sold and Manitoba is the only province that has not signed on to the federal government's program which would see a 10% tax or dollar per gram tax (which ever is higher) and 75% of the revenue from sales going to the provinces and 25% to the feds.

I know in my province of Ontario which is the most populous in the country and the economic industrial engine the plan is already under way to open licensed government run stores.

One of the main issues in British Columbia is that there are a lot of small independent growers that have been supporting the medical mj community. They are worried about being forced out and in some small towns for example like Nelson BC which has fallen on hard times it now has over 60 restaurants and many small grow ops which hugely support the economy and the tourism trade. Close these down and you destroy this small community of 10000 people.

They once had a thriving paper mill but that is long gone and mj is now the big employer.

Still a long way to go here....