NANAIMO, British Columbia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tilray Canada Ltd., a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)-certified global leader in medical cannabis research and production, announced today that it will invest, through an affiliated entity, up to $30 million in a second cultivation and processing facility located in Enniskillen, Ontario. The two facilities will generate a combined production capacity of up […]
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U.S. Cannabusinesses Watch And Wait While Canada’s Country-Wide Adult-Use Structure Gets Tweaked
In mid-April, Canadian lawmakers put forth cannabis legislation that would legalize adult use of cannabis on July 1, 2018, one of the campaign pledges of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2015, which will make Canada just the second country that would legalize adult-use marijuana across the entire country (Uruguay did it in 2014). The country […]
With a Year Before Legalization, Some Canadians Are Worried About Legal Marijuana’s Future
There’s one bummer question haunting all the marijuana businesses popping up between British Columbia and Newfoundland. How much do Canucks like weed, eh? A year before recreational cannabis is expected to become legal in Canada, there’s an explosion in companies cultivating the stuff. At least 10 marijuana outfits have new listings this year on the […]
Canada: Cannabis Industry Insider Says Dispensaries are “Dreaming” If They Think They’ll Be Part of a Legalization Framework
Omar Khan sat down with Matt Galloway on Metro Morning to discuss big questions that have yet to be answered in the federal government’s push to develop a legal framework for recreational marijuana sales by July 2018. Khan is former chief of staff to the Ontario health minister and he now works with the marijuana industry as vice president, […]
Uruguay Sets International Precedent for Marijuana Legalization as Canada Comes Next
OTTAWA – Uruguay‘s envoy to Ottawa says his small South American country has opened up some breathing room for marijuana legalization within international treaties that have outlawed recreational pot for decades. Ambassador Martin Vidal credits his country, the first to legalize recreational cannabis at a national level, as something of a trailblazer for countries like […]
Big Canadian Employers Consider Medical Marijuana Coverage For Employees
The winds of change are blowing through employee benefit plans across Canada, and they smell like weed. Benefits industry insider Mike Sullivan caught a whiff at a recent meeting with some of his clients, who represent private companies with benefit plans that cover about three million Canadian workers across a range of industries. “This group that was in attendance, the No. […]
Canadian Marijuana Task Force Chair Wants to Include Black Market Growers in Legal Market
Black market marijuana growers should be included in the legal market as they can provide valuable expertise as it evolves, Anne McLellan, chair of the federal government’s task force on legalization, said Monday. McLellan said the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation, whose recommendations were broadly adopted in the government’s proposed Cannabis Act, concluded […]
Trudeau Introduces Recreational Marijuana Bill In Canada
OTTAWA — Fulfilling a campaign pledge, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation on Thursday to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Canada. Many nations have either decriminalized marijuana, allowed it to be prescribed medically or effectively stopped enforcing laws against it. But when Mr. Trudeau’s bill passes as expected, Canada will become only the […]
Canadian Food Giant Becomes First Large Company to Provide Medical Marijuana for Employees
At first glance, the news was “actually pretty stunning.” Joan Weir, director of health and disability policy with the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association, was surprised to see that Canadian retail giant Loblaw Companies had started covering medical marijuana for employees through their health benefit plans back on March 28. After taking a closer look at the […]
Canada’s Marijuana Industry Is Feeling Confident After Legalization Report
Canadian marijuana businesses got a confidence boost from a CBC News report that the government plans to legalize recreational marijuana by July 2018, although big questions remain about how the legal market will work in different provinces. The newly revealed date for the debut of legal cannabis is “exactly along the lines of what we expected,” said Neil Maruoka, […]
