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The CAQ’s anti-pot stance is sure to hurt consumers and citizens in Quebec. The new Quebec premier Francois Legault of the Coalition Avenir Quebec says he wants to put more money in the pockets of Quebecers. And now that the CAQ has the mandate of a majority government, his words will soon turn into actions….
Notre directeur-adjoint Yaël Ossowski en ondes avec à Radio-Canada Ici Manitoba avec Martine Bordeleau pour parler de l’interdiction de la culture du cannabis au Manitoba et pourquoi les amendes (plus de 2500$) sont cruelles, punitives et inutiles. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/l-actuel http://consumerchoicecenter.org
By Yaël Ossowski | MG Retailer When California voters approved Proposition 64 in November 2016, the Golden State became effectively the largest jurisdiction in the world to legalize recreational sale and use of cannabis. On January 1 of this year, when recreational sales were legalized, politicians, tax collectors, and business owners already were seeing green….
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is seeing green. He wants to legalize industrial hemp, a highly versatile derivative of the cannabis plant, and that’s great news for consumers and entrepreneurs. He’s been joined in the fight by his fellow Kentuckian Sen. Rand Paul and top Democratic leaders Sen. Mark Warner and Sen. Tim Kaine, both…
Recently proposed restrictions on branding and logos, as well as exhaustive warning requirements, won’t benefit legal cannabis users. By Yaël Ossowski Deputy director at Consumer Choice Center. Last Monday, Health Canada unveiled its proposed guidance on how cannabis should be regulated, marketed and sold once it is fully legalized in later this year, likely in July or…
The world is paying attention to Canada right now. Two very important pieces of legislation on consumer products are being debated, which could provide many lessons for the world. House Bill C-45, the world’s most extensive cannabis legalization and the first for a country in the G7, successfully passed on November 28 and goes to…