The former chief of staff to Health Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins say he thinks the dozens of illegal pot shops operating in Toronto are “dreaming in technicolour” if they think they have any future in the legal sale of marijuana in Ontario. Omar Khan was talking on CBC radio with Matt Galloway. “There is no way the province of Ontario or any other province is going to give a retail distribution licence to any entity that’s involved in criminal activity,” he said. In this regard, Mr. Khan was cautious about just where current supply to these shops originates. But his words suggested it is illegal. Police have said that marijuana is grown cheaply in countless locations both natural and artificial and is sold for enormous profit at illegal locations.
