A group of licensed B.C. cannabis retailers are taking the province to court for $40 million, due to what they claim is a failure to crack down on illegal pot shops on First Nations reserves.
In a lawsuit filed on April 27 in Victoria, the group says each retailer has seen “a $500,000 yearly reduction in gross sales due to business lost to illicit retailers operating on reserves with the knowledge of the defendants.”
The statement of claim listed B.C.’s Attorney General, the Minister of Public Safety and B.C.’s Community Safety Unit as the defendants. In all, 14 numbered companies are involved in the lawsuit.
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All of the numbered companies are listed as having licensed retail cannabis retail locations in B.C.’s Southern Interior — from the Shuswap to the South Okanagan.
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