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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Canada: Trudeau Gives Justice Minister Mandate To Legalize Cannabis 🌿Canada: Trudeau Gives Justice Minister Mandate To Legalize Cannabis
Canada is officially on the road to legalization. In a letter outlining her responsibilities, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has instructed Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould to begin the process of legalizing and regulating cannabis in Canada.
The letter to Wilson-Raybould (pictured above with Trudeau) reads, "I will expect you to work with your colleagues and through established legislative, regulatory, and Cabinet processes to deliver on your top priorities."
The subsequent bulleted list of objectives includes, "Working with the Ministers of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and Health, create a federal-provincial-territorial process that will lead to the legalization and regulation of marijuana."
That means Minister Wilson-Raybould will team up with Ralph Goodale (Public Safety) and Jane Philpott (Health) to get the job done.
Wilson-Raybould is a former prosecutor, regional chief
The new Justice Minister's background includes working as a prosecutor, a British Columbia...
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