{"id":193812,"date":"2018-12-13T04:48:48","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T09:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=193812"},"modified":"2018-12-13T04:48:48","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T09:48:48","slug":"pot-stores-on-agenda-at-toronto-city-council-after-two-municipalities-opt-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/12\/13\/pot-stores-on-agenda-at-toronto-city-council-after-two-municipalities-opt-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Pot stores on agenda at Toronto city council after two municipalities opt out"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_193813\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193813\" style=\"width: 699px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/699px-Mayor_John_Tory_in_Toronto_at_the_Good_Friday_Procession_-_2018_27264606888_cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-193813\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/699px-Mayor_John_Tory_in_Toronto_at_the_Good_Friday_Procession_-_2018_27264606888_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"699\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/699px-Mayor_John_Tory_in_Toronto_at_the_Good_Friday_Procession_-_2018_27264606888_cropped.jpg 699w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/699px-Mayor_John_Tory_in_Toronto_at_the_Good_Friday_Procession_-_2018_27264606888_cropped-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-193813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">City staff recommend that councillors allow privately run cannabis stores to operate in Toronto, saying it would \u201cwould have the unintended consequence of encouraging the illegal market.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=71677055\">File Photo By Bruce Reeve\/Wikimedia <\/a>commons<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=71677055\">, CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Councillors in Toronto are set to debate whether to allow retail pot shops in\u00a0Canada&#8217;s largest city.<\/p>\n<p>City staff recommend that councillors allow privately run cannabis stores to operate in Toronto, saying it would \u201cwould have the unintended consequence of encouraging the illegal market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The issue is on the agenda for today&#8217;s council meeting, a day after councillors in two neighbouring municipalities voted against having pot shops within their boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>Councillors in Mississauga and Markham voted Wednesday to opt out of hosting privately operated retail cannabis stores, which are expected to open across Ontario next spring.<\/p>\n<p>Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie and Markham&#8217;s Frank Scarpitti both said there are too many unanswered questions.<\/p>\n<p>However, Toronto Mayor John Tory says he plans to move a motion to allow pot shops \u2014 while acknowledging he&#8217;s not satisfied with the way things are now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, the option of saying there aren&#8217;t going to be any in Toronto leaves us in the situation we&#8217;re in now, where we have a lot of illegal pot shops,\u201d Tory told local TV station CP24 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I don&#8217;t think we want this left in the hands of what amounts to organized crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2014 Councillors in Toronto are set to debate whether to allow retail pot shops in\u00a0Canada&#8217;s largest city. 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