Ib lub sij hawm thaum tsoom fwv Canadian yog heev mus rau cov kev cai kuj coj mus chov hla tus tau tag nrho hauv lub teb chaws qaum teb, tub ceev xwm nyob rau ib cheebtsam Toronto muaj unleashed koj nres savage tiv thaiv kev kho yeeb tshuaj xas dispensaries thoob plaws lub nroog rau allegedly muag las sab nraud rau ib thaj tsam ntawm txoj cai.
Raws li ob peb tawm Canadian tawm xov xwm, tub ceev xwm nyob rau hauv lub nroog Toronto pib executing warrants nrhiav rau hnub plaub tiv thaiv ib txhia 45 dispensaries soj muag yeeb tshuaj xas mus rau cov neeg muas zaub rau siv los ua si. Ntau tus neeg, nrog rau cov neeg ua hauj lwm kav, muaj ntes tau thiab muaj ntau lub dispensaries tau shutdown.
Constable Craig Brister, tus spokesperson rau cov tub ceev xwm Toronto, hais tias cov raids muaj paug tau nrog lub nroog bylaw txoj cai tiv thaiv "qhov chaw uas yog muab raws li lub rooj rau cov yeeb tshuaj xas sab nraum cov yeeb tshuaj xas rau kev kho mob thiab cov kev cai." Tag nrho cov dispensaries targeted thaum lub cheb, uas twb tau hais tias "Project Claudia," tsis muaj vim li khees, nyob hauv khw uas yog cov tswv tsev uas tau txais ntawv ceeb toom txog xya hnub suggesting lub lag luam uas tau ua txhaum txoj zoning kevcai.
Toronto tus zoning chaws pub rau tus tis ntawm yeeb tshuaj xas uas tau ua los ntawm lub chaw uas muaj ntaub ntawv los ntawm kev Canada sau qoob. Twg yog muag yeeb tshuaj xas uas tau los ntawm ib tus grower uas yuav tsis raug tso cai los ntawm tsoom fwv yog technically ua txhaum txoj cai zoning, raws li Tammy Robinson, ib spokesperson rau lub nroog.
Lub raids los yog ob lub lis piam tom qab tus kav nroog Toronto John Tory qhaib tau tawg nyob rau lub cia li tawg ntawm dispensaries "bogus" lauj kaub uas muaj emerged li lub hlis tsis ntev los no vim yog tus cog lus los ntawm Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tias yeeb tshuaj xas ntev yuav raws li txoj cai nyob lub teb chaws.
Cov nroog hais tus raids yuav tsum tuaj ua tsis surprise vim lawv tau siv lub dhau los kuj pom ob peb lim piam lus ceeb toom tswj thiab cov khoom uas lawv xav tau los sib txuas tam sim ntawd kom tsis txhob muaj teeb meem rau txoj cai.
Tsis tas li ntawd, raws li txoj cai ntawm cov kws txawj hais Toronto nom muaj qhib siv ib tug lwj tau ntawm cov kev taug plaub ntug uas yuav ua thaum kawg tus neeg no muaj ntau yam pauv loj npaum li cas nyiaj los npog tag nrho raws li txoj cai nqi uas muaj destined teeb los ntawm no crackdown. Thaum ib tug xovxwm sib tham hnub no hauv zos, Kirk Tousaw, tus kws lij choj Vancouver, hais txhaum nuj stemming ntawm tus raids yuav tej zaum fim truck tawv up against tus khiav ntawm txoj cai thiab Freedoms. Nws ntxiv tias tej zaum yuav muaj ib tug slew constitutional raug nto vim Toronto qhov tseeb shakedown lub lag luam.
"Rau cov neeg uas txoj cai zoning yog muaj chov based on lub fact tias nws yog ib qhov yog, kuv hais tias ntawd yog unconstitutional," Tousaw hais. "Yog hais tias koj yog ib tug zoo khw muag khoom noj, thiab koj cov kev khiav hauj lwm pab txhua lub khw muag khoom ua lag ua luam, thiab cov teeb meem xwb yog tias nws yog 'tsis raws cai,' lo rau tsoom fwv teb chaws txoj cai lij choj, kuv hais tias tsoom fwv teb chaws txoj cai lij choj yog unconstitutional thiab tus khiav trumps. Thiab yog xaus rau zaj dabneeg."
Tus kav nroog Tory twb tsis kam tuaj tawm tswv yim rau qhov raids, tiam sis lub nroog muaj qhov yuav paub tseeb tias yeej qab taug no.
Tag nrho cov lus qhia txog kev raug thiab cov nuj yuav tsum sam tej tsam Friday sawv ntxov.
