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Canada: Federal-provincial showdown looms over legal pot deadline
A potential showdown is looming over the Canadian federal government's target date to legalize pot.
Premiers announced today they will ask the federal government to postpone its plan to legalize marijuana if issues related to road safety, taxation, training for distributors and public education aren't addressed.
At a news conference to close off the annual summer Council of the Federation meeting in Edmonton, the premiers announced they have formed a working group that will report back on progress by Nov. 1.
Premiers will seek an extension if the federal timetable is deemed "unrealistic."
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