Toronto: Marijuana Job Fair Seeks Weed ‘Brokers’

To find out where this past weekend’s Marijuana Job Fair was being held, you had to text a guy—because of course you did.

The crowd lined up outside 15 Mercer Street in Toronto’s Entertainment District early Sunday afternoon suggested hundreds had done so in hopes of landing a job in an industry poised for growth, as pot legalization—part of the Liberals’ platform in the last federal election—eventually approaches.

Inside, anyone expecting kiosks and brochures would have been disappointed. Although if the absence of resumes in the hands of attendees and the smell of pot wafting down the street were any indication, it’s doubtful many were upset by the laid-back setup.

Rather than a conventional job fair, Chris—founder of the Marijuana Information Bureau, a weed dispensary, who didn’t want his surname published—threw a stand-up show at comedy club Second City, where he also revealed details about his new business venture: Og...

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