Tag: We Own It
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Why should liquor control boards manage weed sales? They already know how
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne said the provincial liquor control board is the best way to sell pot. Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger made the same comment three weeks earlier. Ontario and B.C.’s government employees union have also called for it to be sold through existing liquor retailers. Read the full article in The Globe and Mail.
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Wynne backs Thomas on pot sales in LCBO
(TORONTO) – OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says Premier Kathleen Wynne is doing the right thing by limiting marijuana sales to the LCBO if the federal government makes them legal. Wynne echoes a recommendation that Thomas made three weeks ago. “Marijuana must be a controlled substance, and no one has more experience retailing controlled substances…
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Twenty sack with your twenty sixer? Yes says LCBO union head (Windsor Independent)
If Warren ‘Smokey’ Thomas gets his way, recreational cannabis will be sold through the LCBO, and as president of the largest public service union in Ontario, his proposal carries weight. Read the full articile from the Windsor Independent. Related: OPSEU in the News
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Stop “senseless” Hydro One privatization now: OPSEU
TORONTO – The Liberal government of Kathleen Wynne needs to stop the “senseless” privatization of Hydro One while the province’s electricity transmission utility is still in one piece, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union says. “Today’s report from the Financial Accountability Officer (FAO) just proves what we’ve been saying all along about the privatization Hydro…