If it doesn’t come through, his backup plan is to open on Oct. 17 as an “educational opportunity” but without pot, he said. Still, Oct. 17 will mark the first legal recreational pot sales in what is expected to be a massive market. In New Brunswick, there will be 20 government-run cannabis retail locations, and in Nova Scotia, cannabis will be sold in 12 government-operated stores alongside alcohol. In stark contrast, some of the largest provinces will have few or no brick-and-mortar cannabis stores. “And where we are on Oct. 17 doesn’t matter a whole lot… Not in the long run.”

Source: National Post October 14, 2018 14:03 UTC