This is undoubtedly being rushed but the government has little choice as they are having difficulty passing legislation with the new senate and have to seen as keeping as many of their promises as possible.      I would have preferred the government lead on this rather than push the work on the provinces as I would prefer to see uniformity of prices, quality, and strain availability throughout Canada.  

It's obvious that some of the provincial leads on this have little awareness of cannabis culture and that some of them are hoping for a tax bonanza.  Let's hope these individuals surround themselves with competent support.

Let's also hope  that common sense prevails and that the prices are set low enough to discourage illegal sales, and that inter provincial sales are not illegal.  We don't want governments spending their new taxes fighting  people in court for buying pot in one province and bringing it to their home province like they do with beer.