The Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. is asking cannabis producers interested in supplying NSLC stores to provide details about their operations, products they can provide and the timelines under which they could deliver them.
On Thursday, the NSLC released a request for information that noted it anticipates selling products in five cannabis sub-categories:
- Dried flowers
- Pre-rolled
- Clones and seeds
- Oil extract
- Accessories
The corporation said a more formal expression of interest will start in February.
Justice Minister Mark Furey said more specific details about how the NSLC will sell cannabis will be released in the near future. (CBC)
Justice Minister Mark Furey said it still isn't clear what the retail model will look like or how many stores will carry cannabis.
"The Nova Scotia Liquor Commission are working through those next steps of actually what that will look like and how it will be presented within the Nova Scotia Liquor Commission environment," he said.
Furey said an announcement should happen in the near future.
The legal age to use, possess or purchase cannabis will be 19 in Nova Scotia, which is also the legal drinking age.
The Trudeau government introduced legislation in April 2017 with the goal of legalizing marijuana by July 2018, but left it to the provinces to determine details such as how it will be sold.
