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Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says she hopes to persuade premier-designate François Legault to rethink his plan to raise the legal age for consuming cannabis to 21.

“If the CAQ decides to go forward with changing the regulations, for sure we will go and sit down with them,” she said to reporters Tuesday at city hall.

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“Because we’ve done our homework in Montreal, we know exactly what we’re talking about and we have studies and experts, like public health authorities and Montreal Police,” she said.

As smoking weed for recreation becomes legal, politicians in Quebec are sharply divided.

Montreal, Gatineau and Longueuil have opted to treat pot like tobacco. That means it is banned in hospitals, schools, CEGEPs, universities, daycare centres, bars, restaurants, sports venues, concert halls, restaurant terrasses, playgrounds, on public transportation, in bus shelters and within nine metres of areas where smoking is forbidden, like government buildings and playgrounds.