Cannabis stores argue requirements to obscure windows should be dropped because they make the stores a target for robbers
When Elisa Keay works at her Toronto cannabis store, the days feel long and dark – even when the sun is bright.
Even more worrisome, she said, is the fact that window coverings can encourage theft because they give cover to anyone inside and prevent pedestrians from noticing a crime underway as they pass a store.“I have a number of colleagues and friends in the industry who have had their stores held up at gunpoint and have had assaults happen inside their stores … That opportunity is very real because of those window coverings.
News reports in the lead up to the regulator’s move detailed a spate of incidents where robbers, who were sometimes armed, entered stores to steal cash and weed, leaving workers shaken. But Pehota said the relaxation didn’t spur a change because stores must still ensure cannabis products, which come in plain packaging that must not entice youths, cannot be seen from outside.
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