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In The News
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Cannabis Council of Canada Launches Listening Sessions to Prepare Sectoral Response to Health Canada Consultations
Apr 26, 2023
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Budget 2023 acknowledges financial difficulties facing cannabis industry
Mar 28, 2023
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Cannabis Council of Canada commends OCS reforms and calls on Government of Canada to do its part to support licensed producers and processors of legal cannabis
Feb 16, 2023
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The Cannabis Council of Canada to discuss impact of recent layoffs and facility closures
Feb 14, 2023
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Industry Roundtable with Cannabis Act Review Expert Panel
Jan 27, 2023
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Cannabis industry submission to Cannabis Act Review calls for immediate financial relief and for governments to bring down the walls of stigmatization
Nov 22, 2022
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Cannabis Act Review welcomed, but urgency needed to protect the health and safety gains of legalization
Sep 22, 2022
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BC Government strike inaction endangers public health and safety and further undermines struggling cannabis sector
Aug 29, 2022
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Canada’s licensed producers and processors call on OCS for immediate action to protect the health and safety gains of cannabis legalization
Aug 23, 2022
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Consumer and Public Education Webinar Summary
May 05, 2022
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Budget 2022: Excise Tax Quick Analysis
Apr 08, 2022
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Canada’s cannabis license holders applaud Budget 2022
Apr 08, 2022
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420 with CNW — Canadian Cannabis Executives Share Their Industry Policy Reform Wishlists for 2022
Jan 11, 2022
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Successful AGM, Strengthened Board, and Growing Membership Driving Cannabis Council of Canada
Dec 21, 2021
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Cannabis Training Canada Inc (CTC) Partners with Cannabis Council of Canada to Become Designated Training Partner
Dec 10, 2021
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Cannabis Community’s “Not Done Yet Report Card” Gives Legalization a “D” Grade
Oct 18, 2021
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Cannabis Industry Rebuts Study Linking Cannabis Legalization to Pediatric Intoxication
Sep 13, 2021
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Election Ready: Canada’s Cannabis Industry launches the #FutureofCanadianCannabis
Aug 15, 2021
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Cannabis Council of Canada adds industry veteran and Sensi Brands’ CEO Tony Giorgi to its Board
Jul 15, 2021
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The Valens Company Joins Cannabis Council of Canada, the National Organization of Canada's Licensed Producers
Jun 10, 2021
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Application of Vapour Products Tax (VPT) on Cannabis in Saskatchewan
May 07, 2021
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2021 Federal Budget Released: What This Means for the Cannabis Industry?
Apr 19, 2021
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Health Canada releases Results of the 2020 Canadian Cannabis Survey
Dec 27, 2020
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Cannabis Industry Launches Unique Vape Recycling Program by Partnering with Leading Recycler
Dec 01, 2020
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Cannabis Council of Canada releases Legalization Report Card to Celebrate Second Anniversary of Cannabis Legalization
Oct 17, 2020
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George Smitherman named President and CEO of the Cannabis Council of Canada
Mar 09, 2020
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Landmark day in regulated cannabis industry as edibles, beverages, topicals and vaping products become available for sale
Dec 17, 2019
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Cannabis Council of Canada's Response to Ontario Opening the Cannabis Retail Market
Dec 12, 2019
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The Cannabis Council of Canada Comments on the vaping ban by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Dec 04, 2019
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BC Vape Tax Hurts Consumers, Will Fuel Unregulated Cannabis Market
Nov 14, 2019
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Recent Changes in Alberta Deeply Concerning For Licensed Cannabis Producers
Nov 13, 2019
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The Cannabis Council of Canada Applauds Members on Recent Lift & Co Awards
Nov 13, 2019
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The Cannabis Council of Canada Commends the Ontario Government’s Fall Economic Statement
Nov 06, 2019
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One-year anniversary of legal adult-use recreational cannabis in Canada
Oct 17, 2019
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Cannabis Council of Canada Urges the Ontario Government to Open More Retail Locations
Sep 26, 2019
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Cannabis Council of Canada concerned about black market vaping illnesses
Sep 25, 2019
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Quebec government’s decision on edibles, topicals and THC a win for the illicit market
Jul 25, 2019
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The Cannabis Council of Canada announces newly elected Board of Directors
May 09, 2019
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The Cannabis Council of Canada applauds the legalization of adult-use recreational cannabis
Oct 17, 2018
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Cannabis industry disappointed by lack of tax reform in Budget 2023
The Canadian government says it will continue to monitor the evolution of the cannabis industry, but did not include any significant reforms as part of the federal government’s Budget 2023.
StratCANN
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Health Canada seeks feedback on potential amendments to Cannabis Regulations
Health Canada is seeking feedback on potential amendments to the Cannabis Regulations around licensing, security measures, production and packaging and labelling requirements, and record-keeping for licence holders.
StratCANN
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Trudeau says it’s time for government to “catch up” and support cannabis industry
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged the need for the government to “catch up” with the cannabis industry’s concerns around issues like high taxation in a recent public event.
StratCANN
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Cannabis Growers Hold a News Conference in Ottawa – February 15, 2023
On Parliament Hill, lobbyists and executives from the cannabis industry discuss the impact the recent layoffs and facility closures are having on producers across the country.
CPAC
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Cannabis producers say 'crushing' taxes, fees have made legal industry 'uneconomic'
Producers want the Liberal government to eliminate a 2.3 per cent regulatory fee, which alcohol and tobacco industries don't have to pay.
National Post
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'In peril': Cannabis producers say government policies snuffing them out
They say a recent wave of layoffs among cannabis producers, including the loss of 85 jobs announced this week at Calgary-based grower SNDL, are dismal omens for a sector stifled by government fees and levies that include a 37 per cent federal excise tax.
Calgary Herald
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'Canadian cannabis is in peril': Industry leaders call on feds to help
Canadian cannabis business owners are calling for help from the federal government, saying high tax rates and strict rules have left their businesses struggling to survive.
CTV News
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Tax and regulation combine to crush cannabis innovation and jobs
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.
Hill Times
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Canadian cannabis producers’ unpaid tax bills soar as industry seeks reform
A growing number of Canadian cannabis businesses are failing to pay their federal excise taxes on time, a sign that companies are struggling and deferring their tax bill to meet more pressing needs – such as paying employees. Industry officials said the unpaid taxes – nearly 100 million Canadian dollars ($72.4 million) for the first half of the federal fiscal year – are “a canary in the coal mine” signalling a financial crisis for licensed cannabis producers, and they’re urging the federal government to reconsider how the excise tax is calculated.
MJBizDaily
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Canada’s cannabis producers say they’re in crisis. Here’s what they’re asking the government to do
On the fourth anniversary of legalization, Canada’s cannabis producers are proclaiming a state of emergency and calling on the federal government for relief before, they say, many of their businesses are forced to go under.
Toronto Star
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Cannabis industry in an “emergency crisis”, asks for moratorium on 2.3% annual regulatory fee
Cannabis industry calls on immediate regulatory reform: “This is an industry that cannot pay its own bills and cannot make ends meet.”
StratCANN
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Canadian marijuana businesses pitch reform on legalization’s 4th anniversary
Marking the four-year anniversary of Canada ending marijuana prohibition, industry group Cannabis Council of Canada on Monday gathered business industry representatives to bring attention to their call for “urgent action to protect the public health, public safety, and job gains of cannabis legalization.”
MJBizDaily
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Health Canada set to review Cannabis Act during fourth year of legalization
The Cannabis Council of Canada has asked that the review include a broad scope that includes the financial impacts of the Act and its regulations on the financial viability of license holders. Pierre Killeen, vice-president of the Cannabis Council of Canada, says, “We’re really looking at governments to play a bigger part in competition with the illicit market… and when we say competition with the illicit market, we’re not looking for the war on drugs 3.0, we’re talking for the ability to communicate with consumers and to give them products that they are looking for in a controlled, regulated environments.”
Global News
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How is cannabis legalization going? Feds launch overdue review to find out
The federal government launched a long-awaited review on Thursday of how legalizing marijuana has affected the health of Canadians, the domestic cannabis industry and the black market. The Liberals lifted a century-long prohibition on the recreational use and sale of cannabis in October 2018, with the provision that they review the law three years after to came into force. That review is nearly one year overdue.
CTV News
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Health Canada launches long-awaited review of Cannabis Act
More than 300 days past the legislated date, Ottawa has said it will begin its review of the Cannabis Act in order to assess the effects of legalization on health outcomes.
Globe and Mail
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Grow Up Recap: Awards; state of the industry; panels and more
Here’s to the afterglow of the Grow Up Conference & Expo held in Niagara Falls from September 11th to 13th
Grow Opportunity
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Canada business leaders note ‘lost opportunity’ for cannabis in Trudeau-Scholz meeting
Cannabis and mainstream business leaders said Canada missed an opportunity last week to highlight its regulated cannabis industry and promote international trade when Scholz visited the only large country in the world to have legalized marijuana.
MJBizDaily
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BC strike ‘undermines struggling cannabis sector,’ business group says
The Cannabis Council of Canada business group wants the province of British Columbia to come up with a contingency plan to safeguard the supply of legal marijuana in the province as an ongoing strike at the province’s monopoly wholesaler leaves some stores with nothing to sell.
MJBizDaily
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Nearly four years after cannabis legalized, mandatory review of the law is months overdue
The review should have started Oct. 17, 2021 — three years after legalization — but so far there's been no indication from Health Canada when the process may begin
National Post
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420 with CNW — Canadian Cannabis Executives Share Their Industry Policy Reform Wishlists for 2022
In the interim, industry leaders have a few policy changes in mind that they would like to see in 2022. George Smitherman, president and CEO of the Cannabis Council of Canada, would like stronger edible products allowed on the market. Currently, cannabis law limits potency to 10 mg of THC per packaged product. In comparison, California allows for 100 mg of THC per package. Smitherman also feels it would be beneficial if customers could buy more cannabis-infused beverages in a single package because as the 28-gram possession limit for THC prevents them from purchasing more than five beverages.
Cannabis News Wire
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