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   Hey, Aug!   
      
   You didn't add your thoughts to this. . . :(    
      
   What are they?   
      
   I think the self-declared leadership elite want us slow & dope-y for the next    
   set of incursions against our Constitutional rights & dope has made most   
   people unable and/or unwilling to even understand what these are & how they're   
   being  assaulted. . .   
      
   In the first year of Covid in BC liquor stores were required to stay open by    
   law -- "necessary services" & what few dispensaries we had in 2020 had to do    
   likewise. . .   
      
   There was no way to centrally reach & control the sellers of street   
   narcotics,  sothey just ramped up service at the Safe Injection Site   
      
   Remember when government tried to HELP people get OFF of addictions?   
      
   Bregards,   
      
   /George   
      
   > Canadian cannabis sales reach all-time high in April   
   > Retail sales top more than $372 million countrywide.   
   > Author of the article: Sam Riches   
   > Publishing date: Jun 23, 2022  - Last Updated June 23, 2022  -  2 minute read   
   > Canadian retail cannabis sales set a new monthly record sales   
   > record in April, reaching $372.4 million.   
   > Released by Statistics Canada, the latest figures mark a near   
   > four per cent increase from March, when sales were $359   
   > million, and about a 15 per cent increase from February, when   
   > sales dipped to $324 million, according to revised numbers from   
   > the federal agency.   
   > Ontario, now home to more than 1,500 dispensaries, led the   
   > country with more than $150 million in sales. Alberta posted   
   > just under $65 million in sales, while B.C. recorded slightly   
   > less than $53 million to round out the top three.   
   > B.C. and P.E.I. were the only provinces to post a month-over-   
   > month decrease, with sales dipping from $56 million in B.C. in   
   > March.   
   > P.E.I., meanwhile, saw a slight reduction, recording $1.75   
   > million in sales in April, down from $1.76 million in March.   
   > Quebec posted just over $50 million in sales. The figures will   
   > likely look different next month, as more than 300 union   
   > members of the Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC) began a   
   > general strike in May.   
   > Union members are calling for salaries and benefits similar to   
   > those working in other comparable provincial corporations,   
   > including the Quebec Liquor Corp. (SAQ).   
   > "These SQDC workers barely earn $17/hour upon hiring and the   
   > majority have no full-time position or job security, which puts   
   > them in an untenable precarious position," the Canadian Union   
   > of Public Employees noted in a statement last month.   
   > A recent report from Connecticut-based data firm Cannabis   
   > Benchmarks found that Quebec, where the government-owned SQDC   
   > has a monopoly on recreational sales, is the country's "biggest   
   > laggard" when it comes to cannabis retail.   
   > As of April, there were 88 SQDC retail cannabis stores   
   > operating in the province. The report found that the "optimal"   
   > number of retail stores is more than 1,100.   
   > The report also noted that Ontario could support nearly 500   
   > more stores to reach its "optimal level."   
   > Alberta, meanwhile, was the only province cited in the report   
   > to have more cannabis stores than needed.   
   > "We expect the number of stores in Alberta to decline over the   
   > next 24 months, as competition intensifies and store economics   
   > become less favourable," the report stated.   
      
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