My cannabis takeaway? Canada’s now only slightly crazier than usual

If there was ever a more confusing and chaotic rollout of government policy, it is hard to think of what that might be. The GST? The NEP? The Bay of Pigs?

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, and Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Minister Bill Blair, pictured on Oct. 17, 2018, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, to answer questions about the legalization of recreational cannabis. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY WARREN KINSELLA

October 22, 2018

TORONTO—We come not to praise cannabis legalization, but to mock it. If there was ever a more confusing and chaotic rollout of government policy, it is hard to think of what that might be. The GST? The NEP? The Bay of Pigs? In fairness to the Trudeau Party, which came up with the idea of legaliz...

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