Province providing funding to municipalities to combat illegal cannabis market Province announces third round of funding to support implementation of recreational cannabis The government has distributed the remaining $6.74 million in OCLIF funding on a per household basis to municipalities that did not opt-out of hosting retail stores as of January 22, 2019, adjusted so that each recipient municipality received at least $5,000. Municipalities were provided a one-time opportunity to opt-out of permitting cannabis retail stores within their boundaries. The deadline to opt-out was January 22, 2019. Municipalities must use the funding to pay for costs directly related to the legalization of recreational cannabis. Recreational cannabis was legalized in Canada in October 2018.

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