The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association is urging the provincial government to reveal its plans for regulating marijuana, saying municipalities can't prepare for the change until they know the provincial approach. SUMA issued a news release Tuesday calling on the province to start consulting and provide a legislative framework. President Gordon Barnhart said municipalities are on the front lines of controlling cannabis production, sales and consumption. SUMA wants to share tax profitsSUMA wants the legislation to include provisions for some tax profits to go to municipalities to help pay for enforcement. His government has pushed to delay the date of legalization but the federal government has maintained the July 1, 2018 deadline.

Source: CBC News November 01, 2017 10:52 UTC