Cannabis shops in Waterloo Region

[danbrotherston]

"At a council meeting on Monday, Marsh put forward a motion asking other councillors and the mayor to ask the province to change the rules when it comes to deciding where cannabis stores can open.

Marsh said the province should consider “overconcentration as an evaluation criteria” and require a 500-metre distance separating pot stores.

“We want more say,” said Marsh in an interview. “We know our city best.”"

It seemed pretty clear that she both felt that the city should have control over these things, and that she attempted to exert influence in some form.

Yes, she wanted to exert influence. No, the council as a whole did not.

In any case, only one shop has been authorized for DTK so far ...

Fair enough, I misread that.

Has only one shop been authorized, I thought the rest had licenses already? Why are they developing if they don't have a license?