Richmond Hill, Markham, and Oakville Plan to Reject Marijuana Retail Stores

Richmond Hill, Markham, and Oakville Plan to Reject Marijuana Retail Stores
Ontario's Minister of Finance Vic Fideli and Attorney General Caroline Mulroney deliver remarks following an announcement on the provinces's cannabis retail model, in Toronto on Aug. 13, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Adam Ainsworth
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Mayors from some municipalities in the Greater Toronto Area are saying their residents don’t want marijuana stores in their community and are planning to opt out of allowing retail stores to open next April.

“The majority of comments that we received from our community was that they were not interested in a retail outlet at all,” said an emailed statement to The Epoch Times from Richmond Hill Mayor David Barrow’s office.