{"id":104747,"date":"2017-09-07T08:30:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T12:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/?p=104747"},"modified":"2017-09-15T07:33:50","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T11:33:50","slug":"entrusting-the-distribution-of-cannabis-to-bureaucrats-gosh-what-a-great-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/entrusting-the-distribution-of-cannabis-to-bureaucrats-gosh-what-a-great-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrusting The Distribution of Cannabis To Bureaucrats… Gosh, What A Great Idea!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In terms of discoveries of the decade, revolutionary ideas and flashes of genius, let us add the newest one from Sylvain Pag\u00e9, the Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois Public Health critic who yesterday proposed<\/a> nothing less than entrusting the distribution of cannabis to bureaucrats of the Quebec government!<\/p>\n

We had never seen this coming really, even by a mile!<\/p>\n

(Note: here, the author feels the need to pause a little and recover from his emotions … ok, thank you).<\/p>\n

Well, let us see more closely how this transcendental vision of public good could materialize.<\/p>\n

So : the Parti qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois considers that in order to carry out the responsible distribution of cannabis and to ensure that it is done properly, bureaucrats are best suited for the job.<\/p>\n

Let’s then suppose that Premier Philippe Couillard announces the creation of the Department of Pot Enforcement (or, in other words, DOPE).<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
This is what the newly created Crown corporation business cards would most probably look like.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To make it work, it would take:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • A CEO (a former Liberal candidate will do), an executive secretary, three assistants, two secretaries;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      \n
    • Eight vice-presidents (human resources, corporate affairs, business development, legal, prevention, partnership, products and tasting);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        \n
      • 40 directors (by region, product category, distribution network);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
          \n
        • 300 executives because executives must have people to manage, and of course 2,000 store clerks (excuse us: advisors);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
            \n
          • A wonderful big office in a business tower in Montreal, with regional offices;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
              \n
            • A new logo, stationery, an interactive website and a social media campaign;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                \n
              • Offices (including a corner one for the president), computers, furniture, shredder, but also, labs to test and taste the products!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                  \n
                • Unions (blue-collar workers, clerical workers, support workers, friendly civil servants …);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
                    \n
                  • And of course, lots of traveling all over the exotic world of hashish and marijuana culture (Middle East, Southeast Asia, South America …).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

                    Now, how much will all that cost? Absolutely nothing because DOPE will add a $ 10 tax per joint of pot sold (which is much less greedy than what the current SAQ asks from wine consumers)! With sales of 10 M of joints annually, the tax will generate annual revenue of $ 100 million!<\/p>\n

                    Then finally, we would go from a system where pot is sold by the organized crime to another where it is sold by a state monopoly. Is there really a difference?<\/p>\n

                    Because with all the taxes that will have to be collected, smokers will of course continue to get their supply from organized crime, as always.<\/p>\n

                    In the end, with such a system, we would be better off staying with the old one … at least the bandits admit that they are bandits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                    In terms of discoveries of the decade, revolutionary ideas and flashes of genius, let us add the newest one from<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":104897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1742,223,1748],"tags":[997,1017,1327],"class_list":["post-104747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-marijuana-eng","category-newsdep","category-politics","tag-cannabis-en","tag-distribution-en","tag-distribution-en-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t