Statistics Canada has released new data about the average cost of cannabis. According to the agency, the average price of cannabis across the country is below $7 per gram. Consumers in the Northwest Territories pay the highest price per gram at $11.89, while consumers in Queb...
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor announced earlier this week that consumers may not be able to purchase legal cannabis by the government's previously-announced July 1st deadline. According to Ottawa, the delay is the result of the bill's slow passage through the Senate...
In 2017 Canadians spent $5.7 billion on cannabis for medical and non-medical purposes. The data, released this week by Statistics Canada, covers 4.9 million Canadians aged 15 to 64, and works out to approximately $1,200 per cannabis consumer. By comparison, in 2016, Canadians...
The government has posted proposed regulations to govern its legalization of recreational cannabis. The proposed regulations cover places of use, impaired-driving, storefronts and medical cannabis. See below for the draft regulations: Proposed places of use regulations und...
Health Canada has announced plans to license 208 new cannabis producers, more than tripling the current number of official growers in the country. The move is designed to substantially increase the capacity of the cannabis industry as the government's proposed date for legali...
Earlier this week the federal government and provinces reached a deal on sharing tax revenue from cannabis sales. According to the deal provinces will collect 75% of all excise tax levied on cannabis sales, while the federal government will take the remaining 25%. The deal als...
The Association of Municipalities Ontario (AMO) is calling on the Government of Ontario to cover the costs of cannabis legalization and provide municipalities with a share of the revenues generated by cannabis sales. AMO's request is based on the potential for cannabis legaliz...
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs has posted a proposed regulation that would establish a building code evaluation program for buildings with rooftop parking, and exposed multi-story, above-ground parking structures. The proposals suggested in the regulation are derived from ...
Yesterday Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services Marie-France Lalonde and Attorney General Yasir Naqvi introduced the government's proposed community safety and policing reforms. Key reforms include: Giving municipalities a larger role in defining an...
Roughly a month after announcing its proposed approach to legalizing recreational cannabis, the Government of Ontario has tabled legislation that would enact that vision. Specifically, Bill 174, the Cannabis, Smoke-Free Ontario and Road Safety Statute Law Amendment Act, wou...