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QUEBEC — Cannabis shouldn’t be sold near schools or in underprivileged areas, the president of the organization that represents Quebec’s municipalities said Tuesday.

It will be municipalities themselves that will have to deal with any criminal activities that ensue in such neighbourhoods, Alexandre Cusson told reporters after presenting his organization’s position on Quebec’s cannabis legislation.

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He also noted the bill has some grey areas, including how authorities will handle cannabis smoking during outdoor music festivals.

“That’s one of our concerns,” Cusson said.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised marijuana will be legal in Canada by next summer. He has left it up to individual provinces, however, to create legal frameworks regarding how the product will be controlled and sold within their jurisdictions.

Quebec has tabled Bill 157, which makes it illegal to buy marijuana from anyone other than the government and prohibits anyone from growing their own marijuana plants.