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Canada Post says the rollout of its national plan to deliver marijuana to customers will go smoothly, without straining a system that already delivers a million packages a day.

“Canada Post has been delivering medical cannabis safely since 2013,” the Crown corporation says in an emailed statement.

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“We will work with licensed distributors to ensure they are fully aware of the expectations and requirements. Most of our procedures are in place for medicinal marijuana and we continue to enhance our approach. They are designed to ensure the safe and secure delivery of this item for our customers and our employees.

“As for volumes, we do expect an increase beyond what we deliver today for medical cannabis. As Canada Post often delivers up to a million parcels a day, we have the capacity to handle any expected increase at this time.”

However, Canada Post also said it will not answer questions from any news media, making it difficult to know its plans as one of the year’s biggest news stories unfolds. The post office says simply that “we are declining all such requests at this time.”