Councillors were cool to the idea of a plebiscite on pot sales this week, but several voiced support for private sales.

Communities can decided whether to hold a referendum on legal cannabis, but there was no support for that at Monday's Municipal Services Committee meeting.

While council agreed cannabis should be sold in the capitol, a number of councillors raised concerns as to how the product should be sold once it does become legal.

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According to current legislation, if the Borden Drive location does get designated as the city's cannabis store, it will be the sole distributor of the product for six months.

After those six months, that same legislation allows for the territorial government to create guidelines and criteria to allow for private distributors to enter the cannabis market as long as they have been deemed to be SA国际影视传媒榠n the public interest.SA国际影视传媒�

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Now members of council want to make sure that the territorial government is held accountable to the timetable that they have created for themselves.

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A number of Yellowknife residents have already come forward stating that they hope to sell cannabis if privatization becomes an option. Sarah Murphy the owner of HarleySA国际影视传媒檚 Hardrock Saloon has stated she hopes to open a head shop called Premium MJ.

Fort Simpson is the only other community in the NWT that has held a vote on whether or not to hold a plebiscite, which ended in the same decision as the capitol.

The federal government has moved the date of legalization to Oct.17 after they had previously aimed for July 1 of this year.

The GNWT intends to have the Uptown Liqour Shop located on Borden Drive as Yellowknife's sole cannabis store. Edward Eggenberger, the owner of both liqour stores in Yellowknife previously told The Yellowknifer if cannabis were to be sold in the city it would SA国际影视传媒榩robablySA国际影视传媒� be sold at the uptown shop.

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