Canadian marijuana insiders say a new federal “cannabis strategy table” bringing together industry leaders and government officials will be an opportunity to discuss key concerns such as excise taxes, marketing restrictions and THC limits on edibles and beverages.
The Canadian government announced the cannabis strategy table in its latest budget.
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The strategy table comes approximately four years after passage of Canada’s landmark Cannabis Act, which paved the way for Canada to become the first major industrial nation to legalize recreational marijuana at the federal level.
The issues industry players expect to raise during the roundtable overlap with topics they want to tackle when the overdue legislative review of the Cannabis Act eventually launches.
However, industry stakeholders expressed hope for fresh approaches to those issues given the upcoming strategy table’s orientation toward fostering economic growth.
“Part of our frustration as an industry over the last few years has been,
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