Deep in the Weed: As Canada's Cannabis Queen, Anne McLellan Faces Daunting Policy Challenge
“I’ve always been more interested in policy than politics,” says Edmonton lawyer and former Liberal deputy prime minister Anne McLellan.
That’s handy because late last week McLellan was named chairwoman of federal government’s new Task Force on Marijuana Legalization and Regulation. She’s going to need all of her policy-wonk passion — and all her expertise as Canada’s former minister of health, minister of justice and minister of public safety — to succeed.
McLellan’s nine-member panel has been charged with the coming up with a regulatory framework for legalized cannabis. Its mandate is sweeping.
Where should marijuana be marketed and sold? In pharmacies? In liquor stores? In special adult-only pot shops? Via mail order and websites?
Who should be able to grow marijuana? Should individuals be able to cultivate their own or should certain licensed growers be given a government monopoly?
Who should be able to buy it? Should it...
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