03-06-2019, 05:57 PM
(03-06-2019, 05:46 PM)jeffster Wrote:(03-06-2019, 05:43 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote: https://www.therecord.com/news-story/920...t-a-store/
As it stands right now there are 7 retail stores allocated to the "west" region of Dufferin-Wellington, Hamilton, Niagara, Haldimand-Norfolk, Brant, Waterloo, Perth, Oxford, Elgin, Chatham-Kent, Essex, Lambton, Middlesex, Huron, Bruce, Grey, and Manitoulin. Three are in London, one is in Niagara, and one is in St. Catharines (but the name indicates Niagara). It's fairly likely one or both remaining stores will be located in Hamilton or Windsor, which would leave Waterloo Region without a single store.
Unsure how London got 3, but I am guessing this region might still get one. The population base is way larger than Windsors, only thing against Hamilton is that it's close to St. Kits, and the other 905 cities to the north-east.
They have no process to allocate to specific cities. They just randomly picked seven applications for the "west region" and then the applicants choose their cities.
This might be OK if we had a reasonable base of stores to start with, but given that there won't be any more for another year, it's a pretty slipshod process. But they really, really didn't want LCBO to run the cannabis shops ...