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Letters to The Editor

Nowtoronto.com
July 29, 2019

No special event permits were applied for or issued for Journey Cannabis & Music Festival by the City of Vaughan. Our smoking bylaw has been under development since 2018. This bylaw introduces new regulations for smoking of tobacco, vaping and cannabis, aligned with the provincial government’s Smoke-Free Ontario Act. The timing of the adoption of the bylaw was based on public process and reasonable timelines, following the passage of the legalization of recreational cannabis that took place in October 2018.

It should be noted that council endorsed Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua’s motion to opt-out from allowing licensed retail cannabis stores to operate in Vaughan in January 2019.

Michael Genova
Director, Corporate and Strategic Communications
City of Vaughan