The proposed $2.50-per-gram reduction in reimbursements could ‘fundamentally change’ veterans’ access to high-quality and affordable products, says Dr. Nick Withers.
Fixing the cannabis excise stamp is a simple, tangible step toward reducing interprovincial trade barriers.
The inability to commit to a nationalized excise stamp in the fall economic statement is ‘baffling,’ says Cannabis Council of Canada president Paul McCarthy.
Feds looking to find $15.8-billion in savings through ‘Refocus Government Spending’ initiative as pressure mounts for Canada to boost defence spending.
Switching to a flat-rate tax or a standardized excise stamp would help the industry ‘overnight,’ according to the Cannabis Council of Canada’s Paul McCarthy.
Cannabis Council of Canada’s Paul McCarthy says he’s ‘bewildered’ at the feds’ lack of action despite growing calls from industry, experts, and a House committee.
Cannabis marketing CEO Lisa Campbell says she expects more than half of the existing licensed producers and retailers will fold in a year, well before ISED’s strategy table consultations conclude.
The illicit market is really the big winner when legal cannabis companies fall by the wayside with no pathway to profitability and no platform to offer innovative cannabis products to consumers.
As the Senate studies Bill C-5, NDP MP Randall Garrison and civil liberties associations say they hope Senators won’t make ‘perfect the enemy of the good’ in addressing the ‘historic injustice’ of drug criminalization.
