More than 100 apply to operate Manitoba marijuana stores
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The government of Manitoba has received more than 100 submissions in response to its request for proposals to operate retail cannabis stores when recreational use becomes legal in the summer.
“Provincial officials will be evaluating applications based on the established criteria in the RFP and an independent fairness monitor has been appointed to ensure the integrity of the process,” Growth, Enterprise and Trade Minister Blaine Pedersen said in a statement Thursday.
“We remain committed to establishing a highly competitive retail environment that creates new economic opportunities at the community level.”
The province plans to select up to four proposals. The winners “will be notified by February and are expected to enter into retail agreements in the spring,” says the statement. Retail stores could open as early as July 2.
It’s not clear when the Ottawa plans to make recreational cannabis use legal; although a previous deadline of July 1 was widely reported in Canadian media, the Liberal government has said legalization will not take place on Canada Day.
The government’s Cannabis Act was approved by the House of Commons on Nov. 27, but has not yet passed in the Senate.
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