City still waiting for cannabis revenue-sharing
PRINCE GEORGE – It was a simple application that prompted yet another discussion around a source of revenue the city was promised but was never forthcoming. The share of revenues from the sales of marijuana.
“We agreed that the federal the federal government would take 25 percent of the share of taxation revenues over the next two years and leave 75 percent of those taxation revenues to provinces so that they can fairly deal with their costs and also work with municipalities to make sure that we actually achieve our goals of keeping kids safe,” noted Bill Morneau, Finance Minister in 2017.