Montreal wants in on marijuana tax, Coderre reminds Quebec, feds

Less than a day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Ottawa was prepared to split a $1 excise tax on legal marijuana with the provinces, Mayor Denis Coderre on Wednesday reiterated his demand that Montreal is entitled to its share of any revenue.
“I understand that Prime Minister Trudeau was talking about the issue of marijuana,” Coderre said during a meeting of the city’s executive committee. “That there could be a tax, we’re talking $1, and it would be (s