Alimentation Couche-Tard is still interested in selling marijuana and its co-founder says he thinks provincial governments should stay out of selling this product. Couche-Tard would like to sell cannabis in some of the more than 2,000 stores it operates in Canada. The Ontario government announced earlier this month its plan to open 150 dedicated marijuana stores run by the province's liquor control board, but Quebec hasn't decided on private sector involvement. The businessman said employees of the company's convenience stores were already selling lottery tickets, beer and tobacco. "I think it is a step backwards when we turn to crown corporations to sell a product that we have decided to legalize," Bouchard said.

Source: CBC News September 20, 2017 14:16 UTC