RE:RE:Week In Weed - June 8, 2024 The biggest cannabis news this week in Canada was Friday’s big package of proposed regulatory changes from Health Canada, which we gave a brief overview of (more analysis in the coming weeks once the industry has had a chance to process all this).
We also looked at new changes in Alberta to allow private label cannabis products and a recall from Health Canada due to the “presumed presence” of HHC.
Retail chain Four20 filed an NOI under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, a Conservative MP from Alberta says he would vote to recriminalize cannabis if given a chance, and the SQDC contributed $258.8 million to Quebec in 2023.
In Quebec, the Mohawk Council of Kahnaw:ke shared feedback on its new cannabis regulations, and in Ontario, Legacy Supply Chain announced its processing licence.
In law enforcement news, there were several raids and arrests announced at unlicensed cannabis stores in New Brunswick, as well as Nova Scotia, Manitoba, and Ontario.
In other cannabis news this past week… CBC ran an article discussing the low number of people interested in a pardon for a cannabis offence. Nearly five years since the program was launched, the Parole Board of Canada says only 845 pardons for cannabis possession have been granted.
In BC, North Saanich council approved a cannabis store. This final vote follows a months-long process that included several rounds of public engagement and a public hearing on May 27.