SMITHS FALLS, Ont. -- Nestled inside Canopy Growth Corp.'s sprawling marijuana facility outside Ottawa is a laboratory where technicians in white lab coats and hair nets bustle about, pipetting fluids into glassware as machinery hums and coloured, three-dimensional graphs flash on nearby screens. Read More. ...
OTTAWA -- A key body tasked with helping the federal government decide whether and how to impose marijuana testing for workers finds itself at an impasse, ensuring no new federal rules on workplace impairment will be in place before pot becomes legal later this year. Read...
In a few months, cannabis will be legal to purchase, and workplaces are grappling with how to deal with situations where workers may be high on the job. Read More. ...
TORONTO -- Canadians are counting down to the legalization of recreational marijuana this summer, but industry players are already racing to get ahead in a potentially more lucrative market segment for the plant in the years to come: cannabis-based pharmaceuticals. Read More. ...
Newly elected Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford says he'll cut taxes and repeal Ontario's sex education curriculum, and is open to a hands-off approach to cannabis once it's legalized. Read More. ...
The government of Ontario will give municipalities $40-million from its share of federal marijuana taxes to help cover law enforcement and safety costs associated with marijuana legalization, the province announced Friday. Read More. ...
Most Canadians who consume marijuana pay just under $7 per gram. That’s according to data released Friday by Statistics Canada based on a survey made available to Canadians over the course of a month from the end of January to the end of February. Read More....
The government of Ontario will give municipalities $40-million from its share of federal marijuana taxes to help cover law enforcement and safety costs associated with marijuana legalization, the province announced Friday. Read More. ...
A leading voice on First Nations finances wants the federal government to surrender taxation powers over cannabis to band councils, arguing Indigenous peoples should get a cut of the billions of dollars in revenue expected from legalization. Read More. ...
The International Narcotics Control Board is expressing concerns about the Trudeau government's plan to legalize recreational cannabis use in Canada, warning the move will place Canada in violation of international drug control conventions. Read More. ...