SUMA urging province to move on marijuana consultations Nov 1, 2017 8:52 AM

With provinces to the East and West already rolling out legal cannabis regulation regimes, the organization representing municipalities in Saskatchewan is wondering when theirs will arrive.

Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) President Gordon Barnhart said Tuesday there is “a necessity” for the province to quickly begin consulting on a legal framework for municipalities to begin structuring plans upon.

“It will be up to the municipality to pass things like zoning for outlets and for production and we can’t do that until we have a broad general outline of where the province is headed,” Barnhart said, making note of the looming and fast approaching July 1 deadline.

Alberta and Ontario have brought forward their own respective plans for pot and many others have moved on consultation. Alberta has proposed 18 as the legal purchasing age and is currently in the midst of contemplating public or private sales. Ontario is floating the idea of 19 as their legal age and has pitched publicly run marijuana emporiums.