How are Canadian cannabis companies protecting employees from COVID-19? March 14, 2020 AggregatedNews Canada 0 Comments With limited paid sick leaves, can employees afford to self-quarantine? As health experts urge people to maintain social distancing, it remains to be seen how effectively Canadians can best practice this in the workplace. As far as federal legislation goes,… Read More→
Health Canada to start testing cannabis vape emissions from products already on market Social Sharing December 20, 2019 AggregatedNews Canada 0 Comments Agency tells CBC News it's 'expanding' its 'laboratory capability' Health Canada says it's preparing to test the health effects of inhaling substances emitted from cannabis vaping products that are already legally for sale in Canada. Agency spokesperson Eric Morrissette said… Read More→
A Glimpse Of the US Future: Shoppers Drug Mart expands medical cannabis online sales to Canadian East Coast December 3, 2019 AggregatedNews Canada 0 Comments Residents of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and P.E.I. can now make purchases through pharmacy chain Canadian pharmacy giant Shoppers Drug Mart has expanded its online medical cannabis platform to Canada's East Coast. As of today, residents of Nova Scotia, New… Read More→
Temporary power, humidity and temperature control solve plaguing production problems November 19, 2019 Patrick Heintz Canada, Cultivation 0 Comments Although cannabis is currently a $6 billion a year industry in Canada according to Statistics Canada, only 17% of that demand is being supplied by licensed producers due to a variety of production and regulatory limitations. Â Instead of fulfilling on… Read More→
These 2 States Are Sabotaging Their Respective Marijuana Industries November 11, 2019 AggregatedNews News & Insights 0 Comments These billion-dollar markets are making it impossible for their cannabis industries to thrive. At this time last year, the cannabis industry looked as if it would be practically unstoppable. Canada had just become the first industrialized country in the world… Read More→
Compound found in U.S. vaping patients not allowed in Canadian cannabis products: officials November 10, 2019 AggregatedNews Canada, Vaping Crisis 0 Comments OTTAWA - Canadian health officials say a chemical compound discovered in lung fluid taken from 29 patients with a mysterious vaping related illness is not allowed in Canadian cannabis vaping products. Still a spokesperson for Health Canada says the agency,… Read More→
Health Crisis Casts Shadow Over Canadian Debut of Cannabis Vapes October 9, 2019 AggregatedNews Canada, Vaping Crisis 0 Comments The vaping health crisis is happening at a very bad time for the Canadian cannabis industry. With pot stocks already down over 40% since the end of the first quarter, news that an Ontario youth has been diagnosed with Canada’s… Read More→
First case of vaping-related lung disease reported in Quebec October 4, 2019 AggregatedNews Canada, Vaping Crisis 0 Comments Quebec has reported its first case of severe lung disease linked to vaping, the provincial health ministry has confirmed. A man in his 50s who started vaping in April developed chest pain and had trouble breathing. However, the man has… Read More→
How Canada failed to smash the cannabis black market August 1, 2019 AggregatedNews Canada 0 Comments High prices, plain packaging and restrictive licensing conditions have deterred long-term users from switching to the legal market I had forgotten how much I disliked cannabis until I found myself under its influence, in the rain, trying and failing to… Read More→
Harrop: Why Canadians rule the cannabis business March 11, 2019 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal, News & Insights, Op-Ed, Opinions 0 Comments President Donald Trump routinely waves his fist at alleged unfair trade practices, including at the hands of our good neighbor Canada. But what about playing fields that are uneven because the U.S. government makes them so? Witness the cannabis industry.… Read More→
Can Canadians in the Cannabis Industry Travel to the U.S.? March 1, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Last week, the United States clarified its position on whether Canadians involved in the legal cannabis industry will be allowed to enter the U.S. While the clarification is good news for some involved in the Canadian cannabis industry, users of legal… Read More→
Cannabis and International Trade: Never the Twain Shall Meet? February 9, 2019 AggregatedNews Canada, International, Mexico 0 Comments By Adams Lee , Attorney at Harris Bricken Recently, we’ve been getting tons of questions from clients regarding the international import and export of cannabis around the globe. 2018 was a historic year for the cannabis industry not just in the United… Read More→
Challenges and Opportunities for Trade in Cannabis June 25, 2018 Andrew Shore International, Policy & Legal, Spotlight 0 Comments By Andrew Shore and James Jochum Shocking to many is the fact that Canada is consistently one of America’s top trading partners and currently our second largest behind China. Moreover, Canada is the world’s largest purchaser of all U.S. exports… Read More→
Ontario Engages Cannabis October 6, 2017 Dan Kriznic The Buck Stops Here 0 Comments Ontario has issued its plans for how to implement cannabis legalization once it becomes national law, and we believe there is much to champion in the province’s approach towards building a smart regulatory framework that benefits consumers, businesses and government.… Read More→
Canada’s Framework for the Legalization and Regulation of Cannabis and What It Means to Growers December 20, 2016 AggregatedNews Canada, Cultivation, News & Insights 1 Comment By Leigh Coulter The Canadian government has released the November 2016 report that was filed in Ottawa by the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation. This report contains the findings and official recommendations of the task force for establishing… Read More→