Armstrong: Ontario's 'pot luck' path to inefficient cannabis selling

An Ontario government lottery last Friday picked 25 initial candidates for cannabis retail licensing. It was great news for those chosen from among the 17,320 applicants. But it’s another step toward creating a fragmented, inefficient retail system that will face established illegal suppliers and future foreign rivals.
Many winners likely celebrated their one-chance-in-693 good fortune by dining out, giving new meaning to the term “potluck dinner.” For now, their only legal riv