Toronto lacks tools to deal with marijuana dispensary boom
Tony Machado is on good terms with his new neighbours — a pot dispensary that's opened two doors down from his supermarket in Little Portugal.
It’s even brought new clientele to the neighbourhood where Machado’s been doing business for 20 years. But, with another dispensary located one block east and yet another preparing to open soon across the street, he has concerns.
But, politicians and bureaucrats say their hands are tied, and they can’t effectively manage the marijuana dispensary boom that’s hit Toronto since Justin Trudeau’s Liberals were elected.
Between the party’s promise to legalize marijuana and the time its taken them to do anything substantive on the file, Toronto has been left without options for managing the industry.
It’s a big catch-22, according to Mark Sraga, director of investigative services with Toronto’s city’s municipal licencing and standards department.
“We can’t introduce a municipal bylaw that allows something that would...
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