US-STYLE RELATIONSHIPS MIGHT HELP FIRST NATIONS REC LAW

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Rolanda Elijah, director for the lands and environment for Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, argued provinces must approach the regulation of cannabis in First Nations carefully, engaging meaningfully and not presuming provincial law applies on-reserve. Elijah argued First Nations–provincial relationships can exist, and suggested First Nations look to the US and model their cannabis relations on "compact agreements" between states and tribal groups.Policy Options

• She argued the compacts do not challenge . . .
  

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