The Trudeau government’s decision to defer the legalization of recreational cannabis to allow the provinces more time to get sales distribution organized appears to downplay the importance of having the needed detection devices on day one for those charged with enforcing related law. Rather than plowing ahead when there are still some unresolved issues the government could have waited until satisfied the new legislation could be properly enforced. If this is strictly about “promise made, promise kept”, especially when there are other more important concerns for many Canadians, it definitely accentuates the Trudeau focus on those social issues which are not the main priorities of the vast majority.