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Table of Contents

PART I – OVERVIEW AND FACTS, p1
OVERVIEW, p1
Proposed Provincial Cannabis Regulations, p3
Ontario’s proposed Cannabis Act, 2017 and Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation Act, 2017, p3
Quebec’s proposed Bill 157, Loi constituent la societe Quebecoise du cannabis, edictant la loi encadrant le cannabis et modifiant diverses dispositions en matiere de securite routiere, p4
New Brunswick Liquor will control the distribution and sale of cannabis in New Brunswick, p4
Alberta and Manitoba propose public-private models in their regulations, p4
The decision below should be upheld, p5

PART II – STATEMENT OF ISSUES, p5

PART III – STATEMENT OF ARGUMENT, p6
Vertical Stare decisis – Justice LeBlanc had jurisdiction to overrule Gold Seal, p6
1. New evidence, p6
2. Sea change in Canadian society, p6
Exception to horizontal stare decisis, p8
Provincial monopolies on alcohol and cannabis, p8

PART IV – SUBMISSIONS CONCERNING COSTS, p9

PART V – ORDERS SOUGHT, p9

PART VI – TABLE OF AUTHORITIES, p10