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Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, and Bill Blair, the parliamentary secretary to both ministers, assembled reporters in the House foyer on Wednesday to mark the passage of the landmark cannabis legislation. Later that day, the government announced recreational pot will officially be legal on Oct. 17. The government had initially intended to legalize pitThe Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

June 21, 2018

Good Thursday morning, The House adjourned two days earlier than scheduled. Before parliamentarians took off for the summer, they passed a flurry of bills, including the cannabis legislation and Bill C-66, the legislation to address historical unjust convictions made against members of the LGBT com...

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