Orr is the Alberta MLA who rose in the provincial legislature on Wednesday to discuss his fears about the “social and economic experiment” of marijuana legalization. Orr was accused in some quarters of suggesting that legalized weed might lead Alberta to communism. They don’t have to buy business licences. But if Orr were to actually look around Alberta — even his own part of Alberta — he would see that lawful businesses do have some advantages. Underground businesses that don’t pay “tax” still have to spend money, often more money, on the basic protective services that taxes buy the rest of us.

Source: National Post December 01, 2017 19:55 UTC