Health committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, for having us here today. Certainly, we also want to thank you for the important work that you and your committee are doing. As we know, Mr. Chair, we are here today to discuss the legislative and regulatory realities of legalizing recreational ca

Health committee  Thank you, Brock. Committee members, the fact is that passing Bill C-45 will trigger an extensive implementation process across all orders of government, and I'd like to place emphasis on what our member from Alberta said, “all orders of government”. Municipalities will have to

Health committee  Our position is that legalization simply will not reduce the workload of our local police services. In fact, with the different issues coming forward, the workload will expand. The work hasn't yet been done on breaking down what savings there might be. Overall, we believe there w

Health committee  Yes, we truly believe that, based on the other issues that will compound their workload.

Health committee  We have given considerable thought to that, certainly, on the impaired driving issue and the testing that needs to be done. When it comes to capital costs, equipment may need to be bought. We recognize that the federal government has contributed some money, and that's appreciated

Health committee  Personal cultivation is an area that could have many new implications for municipalities across the country and those need to be properly understood. At this point, it's not clear how this aspect of the legislation will be managed, but we foresee municipalities having to respond

Health committee  Obviously, it's a very important question. Unfortunately, we are not the sector experts on that particular issue. I would hope that each province is looking to their public health folks and their health departments on how to best deal with that. We really don't have the expertis

Health committee  That's one of the issues we have looked at, but not understanding what the retail model is going to be from province to province, this is where it becomes somewhat important. Truthfully, I don't like to sound like a worn-out recording, but we need to have the information. We need

Health committee  Thank you very much, Mr. McKinnon. I have to say right up front, thank you very much for the promotion. I'm a councillor in the City of Halifax, and Mike Savage, a former member of Parliament, would not be pleased with me suggesting that I'm the mayor of Halifax.

Health committee  Touché. Sir, thank you for those comments. One thing about the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, it has great respect for the work the federal government is doing on all the files and I certainly wouldn't want to be combative in responding to your points. They're well taken

Health committee  Yes. Thank you very much. I think Ms. Holmes expressed my sentiments well. In my case, it's more about getting it right for my three granddaughters, because anything I try to do at the municipal level, I frame on the basis of this being all about the future. We at FCM still ar

Health committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity to respond. Mr. Ayoub, I appreciate the question and I concur. That is pretty much evidenced by what the parliamentary budget officer suggests. I don't think everyone's just going to go into a car and smoke marijuana. I agree with you, sir

Health committee  May I go first?

Health committee  At this point, we've not had enough conversations on the potential taxation models to prefer a specific model. I think you know where I'm going with this, that even though there's not a specific model in mind, we are asking that support be provided to municipalities for the ongoi

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I was just going to say maybe the mayor has a little too much time on her hands to be watching that show. We don't really have a position on that either, Mr. Carrie. I appreciate the question. Because we're talking U.S. versus Canada I have to get this in,