Sask. government concerned over expected pot laws
The federal government’s highly anticipated pot plans are expected to be announced Thursday.
The legislation is expected to address the age requirements, who will be allowed to grow it and by how much as well the powers Ottawa will afford the provinces to deal with the drug.
It is that final point that has those in Saskatchewan concerned.
“There are a number of issues that we have to answer, there’s a number of questions, how is it going to be dispensed, who’s going to be responsible for that, what are the taxation rules going to be,” Gord Wyant said at the legislature Wednesday. “We don’t know what the taxing regime is going to look like, we don’t know what the legislation looks like yet, we don’t know what the financial impact will be from the federal government perspective.”