Editorial: The coming pot patchwork is no big deal

It’s tradition for legally under-age Ottawans to cross the bridges for an evening of government-permitted bar-hopping in Gatineau. There’s some hand-wringing, but for the most part it’s just part of life in a metropolis with interprovincial bridges. The National Capital Region is, after all, a microcosm of Confederation. 
One feature of our country is the sometimes-significant differences in rules between provinces. In Quebec, for example, the legal drinking age is 18