photograph bygetty imagesDecember 2018 toronto life 35Ego Meter .........p. 38
Camera ............p. 40
Cost of Living ....p. 42
The Audit .........p. 44
The Urban
Diplomat ........p. 49“I don’t like
the word
schmooze—it
sounds so
schmarmy”—Zaib Shaikh, p. 36the momentThe Big Smoke
On legalization day, Toronto potheads were, in a word, stoked
On October 17, Canada became the second country in the world to green-light recreational
marijuana, but legalization day was almost anticlimactic. Cannabis growers, sellers and
consumers have been operating in a quasi-legal way for years—especially in Toronto, where
dispensaries seem to spread faster than Starbucks. As soon as the online cannabis store went
live, it was processing more than 100 orders per minute and struggling to meet demand.
Bill C-45 promised a revolution. Instead, it has spawned a banal series of complaints about
slow delivery and excessive packaging. How Canadian.Bud drop at the
Mod Club on the eve
of legalizationMOMENT_SEND.indd 35 18-10-30 11:56 AM