OTTAWA - Youth health experts are warning the federal government that its push to legalize recreational cannabis should be accompanied by extensive public-education and prevention campaigns that spell out the serious risks of pot consumption on adolescent brains. Parliamentarians heard this message numerous times Wednesday during a House of Commons committee hearing to study the Trudeau government's legislation to legalize marijuana. Ottawa plans to legalize cannabis for adults 18 and older within 10 months, but some provinces and police services have warned the federal timeline is far too tight for them to properly prepare for such a major change. [continues 140 words]
OTTAWA - Youth health experts are warning the federal government that its push to legalize recreational cannabis should be accompanied by extensive public-education and prevention campaigns that spell out the serious risks of pot consumption on adolescent brains. Parliamentarians heard this message numerous times Wednesday during a House of Commons committee hearing to study the Trudeau government's legislation to legalize marijuana. Ottawa plans to legalize cannabis for adults 18 and older within 10 months, but some provinces and police services have warned the federal timeline is far too tight for them to properly prepare for such a major change. [continues 316 words]
'Co-ordinated approach' begins on revenue tools OTTAWA * As the country's finance ministers meet in Ottawa, the Trudeau government should expect to hear concerns about the added burden marijuana legalization could heap onto provincial shoulders. The agenda for the two-day, federal-provincial-territorial gathering, which started Sunday, will include discussions on how best to apply taxes on a regulated market for cannabis. The federal government introduced legislation in April with a goal of legalizing and regulating the use of recreational marijuana by July 2018. [continues 575 words]
Governments across Canada will unveil an internal-trade agreement Friday designed to not only knock down domestic business barriers, but also lay the groundwork for talks to eventually establish a cross-country marijuana market. Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains says the long-awaited deal, meant to boost economic growth, will also establish a clear process to help provinces and territories regulate the trade of recreational pot. Those discussions can only come, of course, once the federal government legalizes marijuana with legislation that government insiders have said would be introduced next week. [continues 409 words]
Inter-provincial agreement to be unveiled on Friday: Bains OTTAWA * Governments across Canada will unveil an internal-trade agreement Friday designed to not only knock down domestic business barriers, but also lay the groundwork for talks to eventually establish a cross-country marijuana market. Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains says the long-awaited deal, meant to boost economic growth, will also establish a clear process to help provinces and territories regulate the trade of recreational pot. Those discussions can only come, of course, once the federal government legalizes marijuana with legislation that government insiders have said would be introduced next week. [continues 540 words]
OTTAWA - Governments across Canada will unveil an internal-trade agreement Friday designed to not only knock down domestic business barriers, but also lay the groundwork for talks to eventually establish a cross-country marijuana market. Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains said the long-awaited deal, meant to boost economic growth, will also establish a clear process to help provinces and territories regulate the trade of recreational pot. Those discussions can only come, of course, once the federal government legalizes marijuana with legislation that government insiders have said would be introduced next week. [continues 433 words]
New internal trade deal tills soil for cross-Canada regulation Governments across Canada will unveil an internal-trade agreement Friday designed to not only knock down domestic business barriers, but also lay the groundwork for talks to eventually establish a cross-country marijuana market. Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains says the long-awaited deal, meant to boost economic growth, will also establish a clear process to help provinces and territories regulate the trade of recreational pot. Those discussions will come, of course, once the federal government legalizes marijuana with legislation that government insiders have said would be introduced next week. [continues 363 words]
