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Even though there is yet to be a gram of cannabis legally sold in Canada, the tug of war to capture revenue from eventual sales is well underway in Quebec.

While the Quebec government wants more than one-half of the tax revenues generated by the sale of cannabis, Quebec municipalities are looking to get one-third.

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According to Alexandre Cusson, president of Quebec’s union of municipalities (UMQ), it’s only logical municipalities get a share of the proceeds, seeing how they’ll be assuming a large part of the costs and management tied to cannabis sales.

“We think that an adequate and equitable share would be one-third to the federal government, one-third to the provincial government and one-third to municipalities,” Cusson said Friday during the UMQ board meeting in Montreal.

As an example of the costs municipalities would need to cover, Cusson estimated the legalization of marijuana will entail police training that could cost up to $10,000 per police officer.