Recreational Cannabis

Kirk Tousaw’s statement on Ontario’s cannabis monopoly scheme

The Ontario government recently released its plans for retail cannabis distribution in the province. In effect, that plan sets up a government monopoly on all retail sales. I believe that Ontario’s plan is misguided and doomed to fail for a variety of reasons. This memorandum attempts to illustrate some of the problems with a monopoly approach in...

Cannabis Culture factum for Supreme Court of Canada intervention on interprovincial trade hearing

Download the “Cannabis Culture factum for Supreme Court of Canada intervention on interprovincial trade hearing” PDF here. 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...
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