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In the throne speech the Liberal government promised to legalize, regulate, and restrict marijuana.
Workers at the SAQ believe that, as a provincially-regulated monopoly, the SAQ is in a unique position to handle the sales of marijuana.
"It's a particular product, it's not like selling food or anything like that," said Marc-André McSween of the SAQ's union.
He added the union is asking the independent research group IRIS to look into whether the SAQ could handle quality control, verifying a customer's age, and other restrictions.
The study is expected to take several months, and be presented to the approximately 5,500 unionized employees next summer, followed by a vote on whether or not to recommend its plan next autumn.
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