Cannabis. Opt in or Opt out. Will fear rule here? Further Thoughts on December 18/2018 Walk and Talk from Your Local Realtor Brad Sinclair:

Currently as a resident of Ontario, you can have legal access to Cannabis in three ways.

1. You can purchase from the OCS online
2. Grow plants of your own (Up to 4 plants)
3. Prescription for medical purposes.

Soon storefront operation licences will be available in Ontario. Ontario is allowing Municipalities to choose if they will allow a storefront operation in their community which will be heavily regulated by the government. Municipalities Must make this decision by January 22. If you opt out you cannot opt back in later after you see how other municipalities make out with their storefronts. If you opt in you can opt out later, but opting in provides you with additional funding from the province. Any additional funding is welcome to any municipality.  

As far as I’m concerned this is no more dangerous then LCBO. It’s going to be well regulated and stores can not be located within 150 meters of a school. That’s said just like the LCBO ID will be required to purchase. There is plenty of marijuana use in our township. It can be purchased illegally or legally. Would it not be better to have the benefits of the legal purchases for a Township?

Selwyn Would like to hear what you have to say. There is a survey online for you to fill out which also is used as an education piece. The survey will be open until January 9th, 2019. Here is a link to the survey: 

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MCNRK59

Here is the questions in the survey:

1. Are you a resident of the Township of Selwyn?

2. What age range do you fall under?

3. In completing this survey, are you responding as a... (resident or Business owner)

4. If you were to purchase cannabis, would you prefer to purchase online or through storefront businesses?

5. Retail stores for recreational cannabis will create jobs and benefit businesses in the Township of Selwyn.

6. Are you aware that retail stores would NOT be permitted within 150 metres of a school and would be prohibited from obtaining a licence to sell cannabis even if retail sales are permitted in the municipality (i.e. if the municipality permits retail sales, any retail outlet within a 150 metre (490 foot) radius of a school would NOT be permitted to sell cannabis)?

7. Are you aware that the local police services (OPP and Peterborough Police) will enforce cannabis legislation (road safety and illegal storefronts etc.)?

 8. Both the OPP and Peterborough Public Health suggested allowing cannabis sales in the community as a way to provide local access to a legal product and to potentially curb the illegal market. Do you agree that allowing retail cannabis sales would help curb the illegal market?

9. Which of the following options best reflects your perspective? 

-Cannabis is a legal product and should be marketed at retail stores located in the commercial areas.
-Retail cannabis sales should be allowed, however should be subject to strict regulations and licensing.
-Cannabis is available legally to local residents on line and by growing at home therefore retails shops are unnecessary.
-Even though cannabis is a legal product, retail sales should not be allowed under any circumstances.

I can tell you the older population in Selwyn is scared to death of this. I learned this at the all candidates meeting earlier this year.  Don’t let their fears cost us as a township in the long run. Smoking of marijuana is not going to be allowed in public spaces. It’s not going to cause an epidemic of pot smoking criminals. This will give an opportunity for someone to open a small business in our township as well as provide funding from the province to Selwyn. The council must get this right.

Maps of where potential storefronts can open in Selwyn Township. See yellow highlighted areas

Ennismore

Buckhorn

Bridgenorth

Lakefield

Youngs Point

That is all I have for you today.  

When you are in a need for a Realtor Check me online at www.bradsinclair.ca I would like to have you business.

Written for you by:

Your local Realtor®

If you are looking to either Buy or Sell in Selwyn or Peterborough contact me immediately at 705-927-6236

Brad Sinclair, Sales Representative

Royal LePage Frank Real Estate Brokerage

Solving Problems and Making Things Happen in Real Estate since 2007

www.bradsinclair.ca

www.royallepagerealestate.com

www.gowaterfront.ca

Further Thoughts on December 17/2018 Walk and Talk from Your Local Realtor Brad Sinclair: Municipal Council Pay and Comparisons and National Shortage Crisis

Municipal Council Pay and Comparisons 

Effective 2019 Municipal elected officials lose a 1/3 tax exemption that helped supplement their pay. Because of this loss of the exemption most councils throughout Ontario last year voted to bump up the pay of the next council. City of Peterborough's last council did not do this for some reason. Here is what local councils typically pay.

Peterborough councillor $27,720 (Council is looking for 30% to 40% pay raise)

City of Kawartha Lakes Councillor $48,050

Selwyn Councillor $22,029

City of Kawartha Lakes Deputy Mayor $50,970

Selwyn Deputy Mayor $26,767

Peterborough Mayor $67,703

City of Kawartha Lakes Mayor $111,790

Selwyn Mayor $39,823

National Shortage Crisis

Canada has a new crisis! There is a national shortage of product. What product you ask? Pot.  This national shortage is holding up the licensing process for recreational retail cannabis stores across Ontario. Alberta has stopped allowing new stores to open and Quebec is reducing stores operation hours and days open. The OCS now is working with federally licensed producers to monitor the availability of supply of pot and will continue to urge the federal government to take immediate action to insured licensed producers ramp up production in order to meet the anticipated market demand of their product. So in other words the government is really crappy drug dealer.

That is all I have for you today.  

When you are in a need for a Realtor Check me online at www.bradsinclair.ca I would like to have you business.

Written for you by:

Your local Realtor®

If you are looking to either Buy or Sell in Selwyn or Peterborough contact me immediately at 705-927-6236

Brad Sinclair, Sales Representative

Royal LePage Frank Real Estate Brokerage

Solving Problems and Making Things Happen in Real Estate since 2007

www.bradsinclair.ca

www.royallepagerealestate.com

www.gowaterfront.ca

Further Thoughts on December 14/2018 Walk and Talk from Your Local Realtor Brad Sinclair: Peterborough Petes VS Peterborough Lakers

I have been very vocal on the Peterborough Memorial Center floor issue in the last week. My heart breaks that the Lakers will not have a major arena to play in 2019. (In Peterborough)  Reading media reports there was a solution on the table that would save the Back to Back Mann Cup Winning Lakers season and satisfy the Petes needs by repairing the floor. I been critical of The Petes for pushing The City for a full floor replacement and not a repair. Burton Lee from the Petes and President Dave Pogue reached out to me to further discuss some facts about this issue which had not been well publicized. A few quick facts that we spoke about was the Petes were going to be displaced for a few months as well. The floor would not be complete until November. This would create a number of challenges to over come for the Petes as well. Also the current system also produces poor ice. This can be unsafe for the quick game of the OHL. One other fact we discussed was Mr.Pogue researched every possible angle and spoke to many experts including Dan Craig and no one had another viable option if the floor repair failed in any way.  I am going to meet with Mr. Pogue next week to see the facts and I will be sure to share with you what I find out in this meeting. Maybe I have been right all along, maybe I have been wrong. We will see.

Tomorrow the Lakers executive will meet to start planning what to do for their 2019 season. There was some talk of the Lakers folding for the 2019 season which does not seem like a very good path to take but the numbers are going to have to work for them not-to fold. To be honest with you I’m not sure if MSL would even survive is the Lakers folded for the year. The city has offered compensation for lost ticket revenue but The Lakers wonder if they will have enough sponsorship money without playing in front of the large crowds. Tim Barrie is quoted saying that "the compensation for the one year will not cut it. The City are doing irreparable damage to the Laker organization and if they kill this franchise it will take years to build it back up" Peterborough has offered the Evinrude Centre to the Lakers but that facility seats 750 fans and the current season ticket base is over 2100 fans. Tim Barrie also says the franchise has had other offers from other communities to host the Lakers but would not say who. The Lakers are going to have to be creative. It does sound like the Petes and the city will help where they can for marketing and promotion of the Lakers sponsors. I’m hoping they come up with something that works for them tomorrow.

That is all I have for you today.  

When you are in a need for a Realtor Check me online at www.bradsinclair.ca I would like to have you business.

Written for you by:

Your local Realtor®

If you are looking to either Buy or Sell in Selwyn or Peterborough contact me immediately at 705-927-6236

Brad Sinclair, Sales Representative

Royal LePage Frank Real Estate Brokerage

Solving Problems and Making Things Happen in Real Estate since 2007

www.bradsinclair.ca

www.royallepagerealestate.com

www.gowaterfront.ca