And that is the next thing that can crop up. Cities are talking about bylaws to limit how many plants you can grow. I sent a message to a city councilor when he was talking about bylaws to keep a 'factory farm'.
"Cannabis grow operations may be authorized by Health Canada, in which case they are legal. The Winnipeg Police Service has no authority to investigate activity which is authorized by Health Canada and presents no risk to public safety," Insp. Max Waddell said in a statement to CBC News.
Health Canada says it doesn't require people to live in the homes where they are growing medical marijuana but that there may be specific municipal bylaws that prohibit such operations.
"Although it is outside of Health Canada's jurisdiction to enforce provincial or municipal legislation, the department encourages all provinces and territories and municipalities to use the tools at their disposal to ensure that individuals meet all standards and bylaws," said a spokesperson in an email to CBC News.
The committee will debate a motion by Eadie that city administration develop a report on legal options the city has for regulating or prohibiting the cultivation of cannabis in residential areas.
"We have classifications of property because of issues like this," Eadie said.
"So if your sole purpose is to buy this house to produce medical cannabis, you're not buying it for residential purposes. It's a different category."
City staff should look at what's been done across Canada on the issue and come up with recommendations for Winnipeg, he said.
"There is a small city in either Alberta or Saskatchewan, who actually passed a law and said that the medical, they put limitations on the medical cannabis growing," Eadie said.
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