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The B.C. government will soon be weeding through resumés as the province looks to hire the right people to run its marijuana-sales business.

The province will be the sole wholesale distributor of recreational pot through the B.C. Liquor Distribution Branch when cannabis becomes legal across Canada, which is expected to happen this summer.

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The B.C. Public Service Agency is advertising two jobs — executive director and director of merchandising — for the liquor branch’s cannabis operations.

Qualifications for the executive director job, which pays between $126,000 and $140,000 a year, include having a post-secondary degree in a related field and “several years of progressive senior leadership experience” in leading a wholesale and retail division.