Richmond News
Richmond will remain one of the last Metro Vancouver municipalities to ban cannabis retailers, at least for now.
Steveston resident Karina Reid spoke to city council at Monday’s meeting advocating to overturn its current stance against retail outlets.
“Everyone in Richmond deserves to have equitable access to legal municipal cannabis,” said Reid.
She told council cannabis has been helpful for her mother-in-law in coping with pain from arthritis. …
The motion was defeated on a tied vote with Couns. Chak Au, Kash Heed, Bill McNulty, as well as the mayor voting against it.
“I’m not going to support that. … You can get mail-order cannabis. It actually comes from a distribution centre in east Richmond,” said Mayor Malcolm Brodie, who added that, while the suggestion was to allow stores for medical purposes, the motion was about options for cannabis stores at large. …