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Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley says she’s not expecting “complete consensus” as Alberta prepares to release its plan for legal cannabis in a matter of weeks.

As the federal Liberal government prepares to legalize the recreational use of marijuana on July 1, 2018, it falls to the provinces to deal with issues such as the minimum age for consumption and how pot will be distributed and sold.

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In written submissions to the province’s cannabis secretariat, Alberta’s NDP government has heard wide-ranging options for how retail sales of marijuana should be handled, including allowing new standalone specialized stores, utilizing existing private liquor stores or government-controlled sales.

At a meeting of Canada’s justice and public safety ministers Friday in Vancouver, Ganley avoided a question on whether the province was considering the creation of a Crown corporation or government-run stores to be responsible for cannabis sales.