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Quebec junior health minister Lionel Carmant is refusing to bend on legislation that seeks to increase the legal age of cannabis consumption from 18 to 21 and ban the product from all public areas across the province.
Carmant wasn’t even willing to accept amendments to his legislation during public consultations on the bill Tuesday in Quebec City. His stance led the Opposition Liberals to call the consultations — which are scheduled to end Wednesday — a “masquerade.”
Despite calls to modify the bill from some of the 10 organizations that have so far testified in front of the legislature’s health committee, Carmant has refused to budge.
