RE:RE:RE:RE:Why can Alberta open 300 stores and Ontario and Quebec withOne last comment: Kenney comes out smelling like a rose in all this. On the one hand, He can tell his conservative constituents who are anti-pot that the store role out momentum started by Notley in collaboration with the Federal government could not be stopped, as in, it would be too costly to do so, while reaping the credit for all the new jobs and tax revenue that came as a result....NOW THATS WHAT I CALL POLITICS!
Rututu wrote: Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that all conservatives are anti-pot. At the same time, the planning of the 300 store openings was started by NDP Notley. Kenney took power April 2019. Legalization started Oct 2018. Regardless of this, Alberta as far as I'm concerned, is the model province when it comes to embracing the pot initiative. If the other provinces could do the same most LPs would be making there numbers today...In Quebec our incumbent premier(Legault, aka Dumber) walked in to a budgetary surplus. He did not have to be as creative as Kenney to find new sources of revenue for his province. The MJ industry was a boon for Alberta which was going through a rough patch due to a slump in the oil industry. Kenney realized that this new sector created much needed jobs and tax revenue so he would have shot himself in the foot if he tried to reverse the store role out, even if he wanted to....Make sense?
kamkidd wrote: Dunno if you noticed but Alberta and it's 300 stores are under a Conservative government too. Also, Kenny hates Trudeau so you can flush that political theory