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I know that article isn't the best example, I just threw something out there, as much of the insider knowledge isn't available online.
My point being is that there are shady people in perfectly legitimate industries, just because the crown is involved in the trade, does not mean your dollars aren't going to shitty individuals.
Ultimately, I care far more to have access to an affordable product, encourage small businesses, and the addition of jobs for local Vancouverites within our previous iteration of the market, as opposed to this new zombiefied legal landscape we're now dealing with in BC. The licencing process literally encourages crony capitalism. Isn't it convenient that entities like Shopper's Drug Mart, or the Donnelly Group getting easy approval for their Hobo dispensaries?
It's crony capitalism at its finest.
The guise of taking "gangsters" out of the market just does not seem like a legitimate factor or reasoning in my opinion, I'm highly skeptical of that being the priority of the system now in place within this Province.
Ultimately the goal was for the Province to control the market and supply and directly line their pockets. I personally do not think the government should be involved with the sale and distribution of the stuff. Levy a tax as other Provinces, that would be more than sufficient.
I suppose at the end of the day I'm simply tired of the BC Government fleecing the people in this province, on every single level. From Alcohol, to gas, to insurance, ride sharing, to now marijuana.
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