The Ontario Government released its consultation to the Smoke-Free Ontario Act today addressing the changes to cannabis legalization.
Read the full text at: https://canadacannabislegal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Smoke-Free-Ontario-Act-Consultation-Draft-Sept2018.pdf This Act is also available on our Laws, Regulations, and Resources page at: https://canadacannabislegal.com/laws-regulations-resources/provincial-laws/

 
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This afternoon, Ontario Finance Minister Vic Fedeli and Attorney General Caroline Mulroney made an announcement to the public regarding the Ontario government’s plans to introduce legislation that will set out a new private cannabis retail store model, following an announcement to this effect made in August of this year.
The proposed legislation will be introduced…

On September 17, 2018, the Department of Finance Canada introduced a set of draft Regulatory and Legislative Proposals relating to the Taxation of Cannabis under the Excise Act, 2001 (the “Draft Proposals”).  The Draft Proposals, if adopted, will provide for additional excise duty rates for each province that has signed a Coordinated Cannabis Taxation Agreement…

Cannabis law lawyer Whitney Abrams was quoted in “Cannabis retail plan opt-out option criticized” in Law Times on September 10, 2018. She discusses some of the issues with the current opt-out option in Ontario and what this could mean from a legal standpoint.
Read the article at: http://digital.lawtimesnews.com/i/1023893-september-10-2018# (subscription required)
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Cannabis law lawyer Whitney Abrams spoke on a cannabis panel at the Meritas Canadian Regional Meeting on September 7, 2018. The regional meeting was held from September 6-7, 2018 in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
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This morning, Justice Minister Cliff Cullen announced that Manitoba has established pre-set fines for cannabis-related provincial offences, including consumption, cultivation, transportation, and roadside-related offences.  All of the pre-set fines will be in effect as of the date of legalization, October 17, 2018.
The pre-set fines were introduced in an effort by the Province to “make…