On Monday, October 15, the province announced the Municipal Cannabis Transition Program (MCTP) as a means to assist municipalities cover the costs related to the federal legalization of cannabis for recreational use, which comes into effect today.
Much to our dismay, the funding is a two-year, conditional grant program that offers limited funding to municipalities over 5,000 that pay for policing. Municipalities under 5,000 will receive nothing, despite the costs they will have incurred already and will continue to incur.
This is simply not acceptable as it means that property tax payers will subsidize the legalization.