PCs' cannabis store scheme buys time for city to develop local policy

The Ontario Progressive Conservative government’s cannabis sales scheme has bought time for the City of Ottawa to develop a local policy, but the municipal government still needs to move fast so the next city council can make a decision shortly after taking office in December.
While the PCs are giving municipalities the choice of not having any pot shops, it’s unlikely that municipal politicians in a major city like Ottawa, sometimes bashed as the “city that fun forgot,”