Since the federal government legalized cannabis products in 2018, it can feel like dispensaries are everywhere.
It’s easy to forget that in Ontario, 66 municipalities opted-out of having such establishments within their boundaries and continue to today.
One of those cities is Mississauga, but recent discussions at City Hall seem to imply an impending change of course for the rapidly growing city.
While an attempt to lift the prohibition on pot shops in 2021 was voted down by City Council, another attempt is in the works, spearheaded by one of those who originally voted “no.”
Councillor Dipika Damerla has changed her tune in the years since the last vote. She calls it a result of fighting for years, unsucessfully, to shut down an illegal dispensary in her ward.
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“It is the most frustrating thing. Since 2019 … the police have put chains on the store six
