Feds to back five Senate changes to cannabis bill, plus 22 of their own

After six months of study, the Senate had passed 46 amendments to Bill C-45, including 29 written by the government.
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould's cannabis legalization bill, the most high-profile piece of legislation brought in under this Liberal government, is about to be on the books as the law of the land.
The passage of the cannabis legalization bill is the government’s top priority early this week, and the Senate will have to decide whether to push back on the expected rejection of all but five of the dozen amendments drawn up by Senators who studied the bill.

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