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OTTAWA/QUEBECEDITION ■ MONDAY,OCTOBER21,2019 ■ GLOBEANDMAIL.COM

Ontario’s cannabis agency is

looking at ways to boost the pri-

vate sector’s role in the wholesale

distribution of cannabis amid in-

dustry concerns that the provin-

cial wholesaler is stocking prod-

ucts that consumers don’t want

at prices that can’t compete with

the black market.

Ontario Cannabis Retail Corp.,

which reported a $42-million loss

in its first year of operation, asked

industry participants last week

whether they would prefer to

move to a system that linked pro-

ducers more closely with retailers

and reducedthe government’s

role in warehousing product, ac-

cording to a confidential survey

obtained by The Globe and Mail.

The survey presents two new

models for consideration – a “di-

rect-delivery” system, allowing

producers to ship to retailers, and

a “flow through” model, where

product passes through a distri-

bution centre quickly – alongside

the status quo “centralized” ap-

proach to distribution.

Notably, the document does

not consider a fully private distri-

bution model, as is in place in Sas-

katchewan.

DISTRIBUTION,A

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sectorinits

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A Canadian man who has been

called a modern Asian drug king-

pin on par with El Chapo or Pablo

Escobar built the foundations of

his drug empire in Toronto, giv-

ing Canada an unusually central

role in a multinational drug net-

work that has been investigated

by authorities on three conti-

nents.

Tse Chi Lop, 55, is suspected by

police and the United Nations Of-

fice on Drugs and Crime (UN-

ODC) to be the leader of a narcot-

ics syndicate named Sam Gor –

“Brother Number Three” in Can-

tonese – which is believed to hold

significant responsibility for a

surge of synthetic drugs, includ-

ing methamphetamine and keta-

mine, across Asia.

Canada isn’t considered to be a

major market for Sam Gor, a glob-

al organization with members

from across Asia. But Toronto

nonetheless has played a vital

role in the establishment of the

narcotics syndicate.

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laidbedrock

forempire

inToronto

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Major federal party leaders wrapped up their

last day of campaigning in the key battle-

ground province of British Columbia on Sun-

day, as voters prepare to cast their ballots after a

deeply divisive election.

The Liberals and Conservatives still appear

deadlocked in support according to polling by

Nanos Research released Sunday, the 40th day

of a political race that has produced no clear

front-runner.

Among the biggest developments in this

43rd general election campaign, where Liberal

Leader Justin Trudeau was forced to confront a

history of wearing racist makeup, and Conser-

vative Leader Andrew Scheer was discovered to

have kept quiet about holding American citi-

zenship, were the resurgence of support in

polls for both the New Democratic Party under

Leader Jagmeet Singh and the separatist Bloc

Québécois under chief Yves-François Blanchet.

Speaking to supporters in Port Moody, B.C.,

Mr. Trudeau called on voters to unite behind

the Liberals, particularly in his home province

of Quebec, by raising the spectre of separatism

should the Bloc have a large haul of seats. The

gains in support for the Bloc threaten the op-

portunities in Quebec for its political rivals.

ELECTION,A

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