With the recent announcement that the Manitoba Government would allow municipalities to conduct plebiscites to prohibit cannabis retail stores. The Pas mayor Jim Scott spoke to Arctic Radio News and said that the chances of legal cannabis stores being banned from The Town of The Pas is quote “Impossible”.

He said that having cannabis stores is something that the town supports 110 percent and having cannabis stores will be a revenue maker and it will give people the chance to be entrepreneurs in the community.

Recreational Cannabis is expected to be legalized across the country later this year.