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Canada’s premiers say the federal government needs to provide more clarity as they work to craft rules on legalizing marijuana — or Ottawa will face a call for a delay.

“It’s great that the prime minister wants to stick to his deadline. That’s super-duper,” Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister said Wednesday at the closing news conference of the leaders’ annual summer meeting.

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“He needs to then hear what the premiers of his country — our country — have said we need help with. There are a number of significant and serious public policy issues here. They need to be addressed. They should be addressed co-operatively.”

The federal government plans to pass legislation that would legalize cannabis as of July 1 next year.

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard plans to put forward a bill concerning marijuana legalization before the National Assembly this fall to avoid any legal grey zones in Quebec during the summer of 2018.