Editor’s Note: See also Cannabis as a catalyst for Indigenous governance.
From: CBC News
Residents get chance to weigh in on Mohawk Council’s proposed legislation
Jessica Deer · CBC News
A cannabis working group appointed by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake has been tasked with developing the Cannabis Control Law. The working group includes council chiefs Gina Deer and Rhonda Kirby. (Jessica Deer/CBC)
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Learning from tobacco
Johnson drew comparisons to Kahnawake’s tobacco industry, where at one time the MCK was discouraging business owners from getting federal and province licences for production and manufacturing cigarettes to defend its own jurisdiction.
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The development of legislation, Deer said, is also an attempt to prevent other problems that arose with the tobacco industry — the lack of regulations, dozens of cigarettes stores and community members who have been charged with fraud for trafficking contraband tobacco.
