Trudeau sticks to summer deadline for legalizing pot despite calls for delay
Ottawa, May 3 (IBNS) – Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is still sticking with his government's much-maligned timeline for legalizing marijuana, despite a growing call for delay from senators, Indigenous leaders and others, media reports said.
Trudeau said the plan to make recreational pot legal by this summer is on course.
That declaration follows comments Wednesday that pointed at he being open to slowing down the process, following a Senate committee report calling for more consultation with First Nations on taxation, education materials and addictions treatment.
The Prime Minister said every single day that marijuana remains illegal, Canadians are being harmed, reinforcing the fact that the current approach is not working.
He said legalizing marijuana will take control away from criminal organizations and drug dealers.
He also said that it is a process, one that will involve continued cooperation with provinces, municipalities and Indigenous leaders to ensure the law is enforced properly.
(Reporting by our Canada bureau with additional inputs from Sayantan Banerjee)
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