- Target:
- Village of Pemberton
- Region:
- Canada
Thank you so very much to everyone that contributed to our efforts to urge Pemberton Mayor and Council to reconsider moving forward with a bylaw to prohibit dispensaries. We are extremely grateful to those of you that took the time to attend the public hearing and to share your voice at the hearing, through written submissions, and/or by signing the petition. As a result of your support we were able to present Mayor and Council with a petition with 279 signatories opposing the proposed bylaw (including those from the online and hard copy petitions). We are hopeful Mayor and Council will carefully consider the voices of the 300+ people that chose to speak up when they decide on this issue at the upcoming February 7th Council meeting. Please visit us online at www.swedsociety.com or at www.facebook.com/swedsociety for further updates on this issue. Thank You!
On January 31, 2017, the Village of Pemberton will be holding a Public Hearing to consider whether to move forward with Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 809, 2017 to prohibit the operation of medical cannabis dispensaries.
The bylaw amendment is being tabled even though access to medical cannabis is a constitutional right in our country and the Government of Canada is posed to legalize and regulate cannabis this spring. In addition, neighbouring communities including Victoria, Vancouver and Squamish have passed zoning and business license bylaws to allow for medical cannabis dispensaries to operate.
Alternative options to regulate medical cannabis dispensaries are available in the interim. Options include creating zoning and business bylaws that model those passed by other communities or allowing for medical cannabis dispensaries to apply for a Temporary Use Permit (TUP). The Village of Pemberton could also choose to wait to pass bylaws pertaining to operation of medical cannabis dispensaries until regulatory changes at the federal level are in place and clearly understood.
We the undersigned hereby affirm that we are in opposition to the Village of Pemberton passing the Village of Pemberton Zoning (Marihuana Operation) Amendment Bylaw No. 809, 2017.
The Make Medicinal Cannabis Accessible in Pemberton! petition to Village of Pemberton was written by SWED Society and is in the category Civil Rights at GoPetition.