Budget 2021 missed opportunity to unleash economic growth across cannabis sector

With more than 50 countries having legalized some form of medical cannabis, the export of such products is a rapidly emerging global opportunity to create value-added jobs and drive investments in research and innovation.

The continued taxation of medicinal cannabis seems incongruent with the stated values and progressive actions of the government, writes George Smitherman, president of the Cannabis Council of Canada.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay/Michael Moriarty

Opinion

BY GEORGE SMITHERMAN

April 28, 2021

When Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland rose in the House of Commons to present her government’s budget, it was the eve of 4/20, the unofficial international day of celebration for many in the cannabis community. We took it as a positive omen that Minister Freeland ...

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