Where will legal cannabis stores be allowed to open in Dauphin?
The provincial government has the final say for where hopeful business can go.
Sharla Griffiths, Dauphin’s City Manager, shares how the city plays into where business can open.
“Council made a decision early on because cannabis is legal cannabis retail sales will be allowed anywhere sales are allowed. So in most of our commercial zoning areas.”
She talks about the process of how pot stores can open up.
“Sale of it tho is vetted through the province. In the same manner that liquor stores vetted. If a retailer wants to come into the community, they do apply to a provincial department, that provincial department takes a look at the community, looks at the address that was requested, takes into account the location of neighbouring schools and recreation facilities, things like that where kids or families could be around. Then they respond back to the municipality and the applicant regarding the suitability of that location.”
The province has not told what percentage, if any, of tax revenue, will come back to municipalities. Griffiths says they were given information at the most recent Association of Manitoba Municipalities meeting, on how to track costs regarding any of the cannabis retailers coming in and with any issues like extra policing. They collect the records to find out if there are additional costs to the municipality.
Cannabis and alcohol won’t be sold in the same location.
