Canada's pot industry is looking to get by with a little more help from the federal government.
The National Cannabis Working Group – an industry lobby group and part of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce – is asking Ottawa to relieve regulatory fee payments this year to help distressed pot companies weather the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Currently, licensed cannabis companies have to pay the federal government 2.3 percent of their annual revenue as part of a regulatory fee mandated alongside recreational legalization. That could mean millions of dollars stay on firm’s balance sheets, offering companies impacted by the coronavirus outbreak a few more months of working capital rather than potentially having to shut down or file for creditor protection.
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