When it comes to cannabis, our goal is to protect residents, especially children and youth, from second-hand cannabis smoke exposure. Also, in some ways more important, we want to make sure that residents have the facts on the risks of cannabis and its use on the developing brain. This is an area that I think we need to put some additional attention on to create awareness of so that young people and pregnant and nursing women understand the risks and impacts of cannabis on that developing brain.

Officials within the department have begun meeting to design a public education awareness campaign and we have actually submitted an application to Health Canada requesting funding to support the efforts that we're undertaking in this particular area. Officials from the department are working not just in the department of Health and Social Services but Education, Culture and Employment and other departments to develop some public education and awareness to help residents become aware of the impacts and why they should avoid utilizing or using cannabis, whether it's a smoked form or an ingested form.