‘Our own grey areas:’ First Nations navigate hazy cannabis retail jurisdictions
More than two years after Ottawa legalized cannabis, Saskatchewan’s green industry has grown into a jurisdictional grey zone.
First Nations in the province’s southeast are growing into the retail end of the market running four pot shops on their reserve lands but are foregoing the provincially-mandated permitting process.
And the feds keep leaving the ball in the province’s court, saying it’s up to Saskatchewan to regulate, while seemingly not touching the on-reserve pot shop issues.
Yet the issue is black and white for two chiefs who spoke about their communities’ recently opened stores: As signatories to Treaty 4, Pheasant Rump Nakota Nation and Zagime (Sakimay) Anishinabeck have the sovereign right to do as they wish with business on their own lands.
Our own grey areas: First Nations navigate hazy cannabis retail jurisdictions
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Our own grey areas: First Nations navigate hazy cannabis retail jurisdictions Zagime Anishinabeck is leading four communities in drafting cannabis safety standards for current and possible future on-reserve pot shops.
Author of the article: Evan Radford
Publishing date: Apr 23, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 8 minute read • Pheasant Rump First Nation Chief Ira McArthur, seen here at the Legislative Building in Regina on April 16, 2021, says his band has jurisdiction to run pot shops on its land, regardless of the provincial laws. Photo by BRYAN SCHLOSSER /Regina Leader-Post
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More than two years after Ottawa legalized weed, Saskatchewan’s green industry has grown into a jurisdictional grey zone.
Sask First Nations navigate hazy cannabis retail jurisdictions
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