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A consumer choice advocacy group has condemned the Manitoba government’s plan to ban homegrown marijuana when it becomes legal in the country next year.

David Clement, the North American affairs manager for the Consumer Choice Centre, an independent entity that aims to promote more choice and freedom for consumers, says the decision to ban the growing of pot in homes is “silly” questions why the ability

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Clement said the reason the CCC has spoken out is two-fold.

He says the Manitoba government should be commended when it comes to embracing private retail of the drug.

“That’s certainly a huge step forward to curbing the black market, for having informed consumers and increased accessibility and things like that,” Clement said.

But Clement says concerns start cropping up when it comes to different sets of rules for medical marijuana users who can grow at home through the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Allard case. He says that having different rules for different residents of Manitoba makes the law significantly more difficult to enforce.