Several mayors are pushing the Trudeau government for a slice of the tax windfall from legal marijuana to cover what they describe as significant costs associated with its legalization. ( Justin Tang / THE CANADIAN PRESS )OTTAWA—The mayors of Canada’s biggest cities say they need a slice of the tax windfall from legal marijuana to cover what they describe as significant costs associated with enforcing a signature initiative from the federal Liberals. “We’re not in a position to collect any (taxes),” Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson, chairman of the mayors’ group, said in an interview this week. Several mayors say they feel the Trudeau Liberals are moving at breakneck speed, leaving them little time to prepare for the new regime. The Liberals hope to make marijuana legal by the summer of 2018.

Source: thestar June 02, 2017 20:48 UTC