Health committee  Gosh, that's a good question. It's one that we have toyed with but aren't looking at, given the time frame we have.

Health committee  I'm not in a position to answer that. That's something they're having discussions with our finance people about—

Health committee  Those discussions are ongoing. As I understand, they've been ongoing for some time and will continue until they come to a conclusion.

Health committee  Or 17.

Health committee  You ask very good questions. It's a real concern among our educators, but we have to keep in mind that we already have drug problems in our schools. One of the purposes behind this legislation is to mitigate that, or restrict it as much as possible. It may very well be that a pro

Health committee  I'll address the second one first, because it's the easiest one. An online mail-order type of process might very well be part of our response. It's certainly a process that works relatively effectively for medical marijuana users. Interestingly, one of the concerns that has bee

Health committee  Absolutely. If anything, impaired driving is a testament to how creative the criminal defence bar can be. There are going to be challenges coming out of the yingyang with respect to most of this and the better we can prepare for that, the better we'll be able to answer it. One

Health committee  In fact, that was one of the questions I was asking you people. I met with the chief of the Weyburn Police Service last week. He's the president of the Saskatchewan Association of Chiefs of Police and that's one of the association's fundamental concerns. How are we going to enfor

Health committee  Every province is struggling with the July 1 deadline. Some are publicly saying they're going to be ready. Everybody is saying we're going to try to be ready. That's certainly what we're doing in Saskatchewan. It's just that there's a very long list of things to do, and we want t

Health committee  We hope to be.

Health committee  One of the things we've tried to do in Saskatchewan is to treat alcohol and drugs exactly the same way. For example, we have zero tolerance for drivers in the graduated licensing program. If you have any alcohol in your system, there's going to be a consequence. If you have any d

Health committee  We haven't made any final decision on a retail model yet. That's one of the questions where we're seeking views from our citizens. Over and above that, though, it's not only our hours but availability in rural and northern communities. In a lot of those places, the only establish

Health committee  Let me begin by saying I had a little trouble with the 10-minute limit I had to begin with so I appreciate your seven-minute concern. It's hard to engage your people until you know what you're talking about, and until the different responsibilities were set out in the legislatio

Health committee  Certainly. The last point I want to make is this. Would a phased-in or staged approach work better? We're already starting on that road with respect to edibles. We're saying we're not doing edibles now. We'll consider doing it. We'll do it appropriately. So let's take a staged-i

Health committee  Thank you very much. Thanks for the opportunity to state a few words regarding Bill C-45 and the likely legalization of cannabis in Canada. In case you're counting, we have about 292 days left before July 1, 2018. I actually found a website that has a counter on it.