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This was one day last week.  I followed them in.  And ya, that place stinks.  Anyway, there was some discussion going on about some signage.  Not very exciting, I left.

That signage is criminal! The worst I've ever seen... what, did they make it out of green duct tape?! I'll never consume their smoothies, wraps or salads because they could probably care less about those too. I hope charges were laid..

[On the Level]

It appears to be open today; the usual suspects are hanging out front and smoking cigarettes - in violation of CRD bylaws prohibiting smoking "within a seven (7) metre area measured on the ground from a point directly below any point of a doorway, window or air intake" I might add. Funny, for a business allegedly operating for people's health, the proprietors seem to have no issue ingesting carcinogens.

Wonder if this is the work of the City of Victoria "Business Hub".

[VicHockeyFan]

Dan Fumano: Vancouver passes $1 million mark of unpaid tickets in bid to regulate rogue pot shops

 

 

http://www.theprovin...4629/story.html

[Nparker]

It's time to send in the police and shut them down.

[todd]

It's time to send in the police and shut them down.

Who?

[Nparker]

Who?

Everyone who runs an illegal business.

[todd]

That signage is criminal! The worst I've ever seen... what, did they make it out of green duct tape?! I'll never consume their smoothies, wraps or salads because they could probably care less about those too. I hope charges were laid..

Paperclipping infraction requires minimum of a temporary ban I believe?

[spanky123]

I guess this was inevitable given the complete lack of leadership that the Liberals have shown on this issue. https://www.theglobe...rticle36028625/

 

This follows and investigation earlier this week by the Globe that revealed that contrary to Liberal beliefs, organized crime has started to take over the legal pot industry by seizing control of growers and distributors. 

[Nparker]

You spins the wheel and you takes your chances.

[spanky123]

G&M reporting this morning that Jane Philpott is being removed as Health Minister. I wonder is this is in acknowledgment of a failed pot policy and that legalization will be delayed.

[Jackerbie]

G&M reporting this morning that Jane Philpott is being removed as Health Minister. I wonder is this is in acknowledgment of a failed pot policy and that legalization will be delayed.

 

Cabinet shuffle today. Philpott is Minister of Indigenous Services now, a new ministry that's the result of splitting Indigenous and Northern Affairs in two. Apparently the split was a recommendation from a 1996 report (moving at the speed of government, eh?)

 

The new Health Minister is New Brunswick MP Ginette Petitpas Taylor.

Edited by Jackerbie, 28 August 2017 - 08:49 AM.

[spanky123]

^ Yep. I guess it can be spun a number of different ways. Anyway you do it though I would think that going from Health Minister for all Canadians to a new water and safety minister role for only FN is a big demotion. Having said that, replacing her with a rookie MP with no health care training or experience is equally strange. Maybe Trudeau feels that she would be a good sacrificial lamb.

Edited by spanky123, 28 August 2017 - 09:05 AM.

[todd]

^ Yep. I guess it can be spun a number of different ways.

 

You're thinking of alcohol

[johnk]

Marijuana gold rush?


http://www.canada.co...0796/story.html

[spanky123]

We have been told all along that legalization of pot is not going to vastly increase usage, it will simply move pot growing and distribution from the black market to legal venues.

 

If organized crime was willing to allow this to happen then I would see an opportunity for Lake and others to fill that void.  Since experience in Colorado and Washington and the G&M investigation into the pot industry has revealed that organized crime actually expands during legalization then I don't see a lot of room for legal growers to thrive. 

[johnk]

The legal growers have and/or are building mammoth grow-ops. They have the advantage of legality that means they dont have to hide their facilities or steal their electricity. Staying under cover is an obstacle for the illegals They can be uncovered by infra-red devices, smell and big hydro bills. IMO the legals will push them out for the most part. The big legal outfits have valuations in the hundreds of millions of $$$, too big for a single operator or a biker gang to buy up.

Edited by johnk, 31 August 2017 - 11:39 AM.

[VicHockeyFan]

Canadian medical marijuana producer Tilray will invest 30 million Canadian dollars ($24 million) to convert an Ontario pepper farm into one of the nation’s largest MJ production facilities.

The project’s initial phase will give Tilray a fivefold increase in production capacity to over 40,000 kilograms a year by the end of 2018.

The boost in output will allow the company to serve Canada’s rapidly expanding medical marijuana program and, ultimately, the nation’s new recreational market.

 

https://mjbizdaily.c...bis-facilities/

[Mike K.]

A Saanich grower is applying to expand their grow-up as we speak.

[spanky123]

The legal growers have and/or are building mammoth grow-ops. They have the advantage of legality that means they dont have to hide their facilities or steal their electricity. Staying under cover is an obstacle for the illegals They can be uncovered by infra-red devices, smell and big hydro bills. IMO the legals will push them out for the most part. The big legal outfits have valuations in the hundreds of millions of $$$, too big for a single operator or a biker gang to buy up.

 

You should read the G&M article. Many legal growers have already been taken over by organized crime. 

 

I think that if the Feds keep the tax on pot to a minimum then it will be hard for others to compete. Anything much higher than GST will allow FN and criminals to continue to supply the market as has happened in Colorado and Washington.

[todd]

... should read the G&M article. ...........

 

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Can you give me the link?