Canada's Potential Pot Czar: Bill Blair?
The Canadian marijuana industry can be an ironic landscape where different names edge in from the perimeter. This month irony raised the bar a little bit higher, yet again, when Justin Trudeau announced his choice for Federal Pot Czar: MP Bill Blair. Toronto's former Chief of Police is the name raising eyebrows and turning heads.
Top Cop To Pot Cop
Bill "Tough On Drugs" Blair, in fact, spearheaded over a 30% increase in marijuana-related arrests within his regional purview between 2005 - 2015. He was eager and successful with the task, which makes him such an outside choice. Many industry insiders wonder why, if the industry is being pitched so hard in the medical direction, would we not appoint someone with a healthcare background - not law enforcement.
And Blair also has many close colleagues and friends in the corporate hallways of the cannabis industry, and they haven't been...
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