From liquor stores to home delivery, a look at the most-discussed marijuana distribution models

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to legalize marijuana, but the question remains — where will it be sold and distributed if and when that happens?

The new prime minister of Canada, who campaigned on legalizing marijuana, said Thursday that he wants the country to take the time it needs to get the details right and that it’s important for the government make its cannabis policy decisions for the right reasons.

Ending prohibition “was never about a money maker. It was always about public health, public safety,” said Justin Trudeau, who was sworn in as the head of Canada’s federal government last month.

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde listen to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau respond to a question from the media following a on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Wednesday December 16, 2015.

OTTAWA - The prime minister says there's potential for a bit of revenue from legalizing marijuana, but the federal government isn't looking for a financial windfall.

Justin Trudeau says any money that flows to public coffers through taxation of pot should go towards addiction treatment, mental health support and education programs -- not general revenues.

In a roundtable interview with The Canadian Press, Trudeau said that for his party legalization of marijuana has always been about public health and safety, not about making money.

When Americans go to the polls in November, they'll be voting for a new president, many crucial Senate races and the future of legalized marijuana. It appears that at least five states, including California, will be voting on whether the pot industry should be regulated like alcohol, with products available to all adults. Several more states, including some of the most reliably conservative, will vote on allowing medical weed.

Big banks are starting to partner with the very fintech companies that formed to replace them

Financial technology startups have typically been portrayed as a band of T-shirt-clad geeks poised to snatch food off the dinner plates of the button-collared bankers. So it may have come as a surprise to some when, rather than going head-to-head with the Bay Street behemoths, so-called fintech companies started partnering with the very incumbents they had set out to upheave.

Over the past year, chief executives at some of Canada’s biggest banks have acknowledged the competitive threat posed by tech-savvy entrants.

In an interview with the Canadian Press, prime minister Justin Trudeau stated that his government’s goal with legalization of cannabis isn’t tax revenues, but to protect Canadians.

“The big reason that we chose to commit to controlling and regulating marijuana is to keep young people safe,” Trudeau said.

Trudeau cited a 2013 study from UNICEF that listed Canadian youth as having the highest rate of cannabis use compared to any other country in the developed world.

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Creating a working template that will please the majority of Canadians requires compromise and pragmatism, not idealism and absolutes.

As the Canadian government begins to move towards implementing a regulated, commercial, adult cannabis market, the argument of what this system should look like has people from all sides of the argument seeking to stake their claim. 

As 2015 comes to an end and 2016 quickly approaches, many people with huge financial goals in the works might be wondering how to better manage their money or get out of debt in the new year. But smart investors — they want to know where they should be putting their money next year. To do that, they need to know which industries are expected to yield high returns.

Based on research and experts’ opinions, here are seven fast-growing industries investors should consider investing in for 2016.