From creatorschoice.org link to post July 2, 2019
WAHNAPITAE FIRST NATION – Mere hours after the people of Wahnapitae endorsed Indigenous cannabis sales on their territory in a referendum, Chief and Council of Wahnapitae FN published a set of cannabis bylaws on their website that prohibit all cannabis sales on reserve that are not regulated by Health Canada.
The bylaws were created with no consultation with the people of Wahnapitae, the workers and owners of the community’s cannabis dispensaries, and were not discussed at any recent meetings of Chief and Council. The bylaws were passed the day before the referendum at a secret Council meeting and run counter to the vote in the referendum which supported the sale of cannabis and its accessories on the Territory.
The new Bylaws prohibit cannabis sales on the territory, and insist that all cannabis must come through Canada’s LP system, which defacto excludes the vast majority of Indigenous grown and sold cannabis.
A preliminary analysis of these bylaws was undertaken by Creator’s Choice and is available below and at the following link.
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