“The current licensed producers are competing with people who don’t care about the law, who don’t care about regulations, don’t care about kids, they don’t care about communities, don’t care about health of Canadians. OTTAWA — The Liberal government has tapped former cabinet minister Anne McLellan to head a long-awaited task force that will examine the best way to legalize marijuana, the Ottawa Citizen has learned. During that time, she served as minister of justice and minister of health under Jean Chretien, before Paul Martin made her Canada’s first public safety minister. “Anne McLellan is the only former minister who has held all three portfolios that are relevant for this file,” said one industry representative. That’s science.”While the government refused to confirm McLellan’s appointment on Wednesday, which the government refused to confirm Wednesday, and said the task force is long overdue.

Source: National Post June 02, 2016 10:44 UTC