Six months to the day after pot legalization, municipalities say they're feeling the side effects. "With the legalization of cannabis, municipalities are, by and large, being shut out," said Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman. This dispute comes down to how the federal excise tax on cannabis is doled out. According to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, only three provinces have announced cannabis tax revenue-sharing arrangements with cities. Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin of Gatineau, the fourth-largest city in Quebec, said his municipality is satisfied with the funding it's getting from the province's cannabis tax stream now — $682,000 over two years.

Source: CBC News April 17, 2019 21:01 UTC