Marijuana Legalization in Canada: What We Know and Don't Know
Liberal government hopes to introduce legislation to legalize marijuana in 2017.
Canada is lurching toward marijuana legalization, but the Liberals aren't being blunt about what the new law will mean for the average pot-friendly Canadian.
Justice Minister Wilson-Raybould announced on Thursday the launch of a task force to advise the Canadian government on how best to map its plan to legalize marijuana.
The task force report could give us a better sense of what the Liberals' law will look like. Still, the panel is just offering recommendations and the Liberals could always take another route.
What we know
When are we going to see new laws around marijuana in Canada?
The Liberal government announced on April 20 that it would be introducing new legislation next spring.
How will it gather recommendations?
The task force will be talking to provincial, territorial and municipal governments, Indigenous people, youth and addiction and health experts on the subject.
The government has also...
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