Article by David Brown, Lift News The Senate will be hearing from four key ministers next year as the Red Chamber debates Bill C-45, the Cannabis Act, at second reading. The Senate passed a motion today that was first presented by Senator Peter Harder on Wednesday, Dec 12 to bring Jody Wilson-Raybould., Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada; ...

Article by Kyle Duggan, iPolitics The question of how Canadians will be able to consume their legal cannabis next year is turning into an early point of contention as Parliamentarians begin their study of Bill C-45, the Liberal government’s cannabis legalization bill. Opposition parties are raising public health concerns about the prospect of forcing people to consume marijuana solely by smoking ...

Article by Simon Martin, York Region News via Toronto Star A number of York Region mayors have come out against proposed marijuana stores in their municipalities. East Gwillimbury Mayor Virginia Hackson has joined regional colleagues Richmond Hill Mayor Dave Barrow and Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti in speaking out against the possibility of a marijuana dispensary coming to the municipality. “My ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News DOJA Cannabis, a small licensed medical cannabis producer in Kelowna BC, this week announced the successful importation of cannabis seeds from overseas. With this import,DOJA becomes one of only a handful of licensed producers to have recently successfully navigated the legal import process for genetics from overseas. BC’s Tantalus Labs also underwent a similar ...

Article by David Brown, Lift News  a government notice of motion on Tuesday, the Government Representative in the Senate, Senator Peter Harder, gave notice that at the next sitting of the Senate he will move for a committee to consider Bill C-45 Harder’s motion is that on 3:30 pm (ET) on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, the Senate resolve itself into a ...

Article by Lift News Toronto Police announced today that they raided Eden at 760 Queen Street West. Seven employees were arrested and products and cash were seized. This is the second time in a few days that the location has been raided by police. Police raided the same location on Friday, Dec 8, seizing product and arresting five employees. According to a ...

Article by Manisha Krishnan, Vice News Last month, Ontario Attorney General Yasir Naqvi told weed dispensaries in the province to consider themselves “on notice.” The government has now elaborated on that ominous warning with details on how it will take down dispensaries through enormous fines and jail time. In a bill tabled yesterday, the province said it will target individuals, ...

Article by Sarah Smellie, CBC News A budding local marijuana supplier says the provincial government overlooked Newfoundland and Labrador growers in their recent pot supply deal with a mainland company. “It is kind of annoying when your own government is using your own taxpayers’ dollars to compete against you,” said Bond Rideout, CEO of NLMedicorp, who has been working on transforming ...

Article by Joelle Kovach, The Peterborough Examiner The province has announced that Peterborough and Lindsay are each getting a government-run standalone marijuana store in July. Although city CAO Allan Seabrooke told The Examiner on Friday that a pot shop is coming to Peterborough this summer, the provincial government confirmed it with an announcement on Tuesday. Peterborough and Lindsay were both on a new list ...

Article by Patrick Cain, Global News Provincial laws that bar people from growing their own marijuana will certainly be challenged in the courts, and the challenges have a “a decent chance” of success, legal experts say. The federal cannabis legalization bill, now in the Senate, allows individuals up to four cannabis plants, so long as there aren’t more than four in ...