Sharon Kerr wants the sale of legalized marijuana kept 500 metres away from Toronto-area elementary, middle and secondary schools once the federal government’s prohibition on pot is lifted.
The Ward 21 trustee candidate recently launched a petition calling on the City of Toronto and the province of Ontario to introduce restrictions.
“The decision about how and where marijuana can be sold has not yet been made. Please act now, before it’s too late,” Kerr wrote in a statement posted on the online petition.
Premier Kathleen Wynne said last month the province’s regulated liquor stores would be a good place to sell marijuana once it is legalized.
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“It makes sense to me that liquor distribution mechanism that we have in place, the LCBO, is very well suited to putting in place the social responsibility aspects that would need to be in place,” Wynne said following a joint meeting with Toronto Mayor John Tory on Dec. 14 at Queen’s Park.
“Obviously, I don’t know what the timeline is of the federal government. But it seems to me that using that distribution network of the LCBO, as has been talked about in other provinces, using their provincial institutions, I think that makes a lot of sense.”
The federal Liberal government reaffirmed its plan to legalize pot during the speech from the throne last month.
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Kerr is running to replace Shaun Chen who was elected to represent the riding of Scarborough North as a Liberal MP.
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