Watson: City needs to get ready for Ontario's private pot stores

The city needs to begin consultations on the new province’s new pot store scheme this fall to prepare the next council for decisions on the future of cannabis retail in Ottawa, Mayor Jim Watson said Thursday.
Watson, speaking to reporters at a re-election campaign event on Island Park Drive, said he has been working on a proposal for council to consider during a meeting Wednesday.
“We’ll have something at the next council meeting that will give direction to staff to come back w