A nonprofit advocacy group has launched to represent the interests of licensed Canadian cannabis stores at the federal level.
The Retail Cannabis Council of Canada (RCCC) represents existing partner groups in three provinces:
The Retail Cannabis Council of British Columbia. The Retail Cannabis Council of Saskatchewan. The Retail Cannabis Council of Ontario.
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Alfred Schaefer, founding director of the RCCC, said the national group represents mostly independent stores, including more than 400 stores in Ontario, 140 in British Columbia and 40 in Saskatchewan.
“With the federal review of the (cannabis) legislation coming up, we just all saw the need to get together – not just to push for the things that, at a federal level, have been the sticking points that have been hard for the retailers, but also just creating a network of people that we can talk to and support each other around the country,”
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