Canada’s federal Competition Bureau has released a set of recommendations that it said, if implemented, could help to further displace the illicit market and bolster the regulated cannabis industry.
The report has been presented as a formal submission to Health Canada and the Expert Panel currently reviewing the country’s federal cannabis law.
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To promote a more competitive legal industry, the Competition Bureau made three suggestions:
Ensure federal policies and regulations are minimally intrusive to competition. Consider increasing THC limits on cannabis edibles to allow legal producers to meet consumer demand and better compete with the illicit market. Consider easing restrictions on cannabis promotion, packaging and labeling to provide producers with more flexibility to compete and innovate.
The Competition Bureau said it recognizes that the recommendations must be carefully balanced with public-policy goals, including health and safety – the two main reasons cited by Canada’s
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