The Canada Cannabis Council's mission is to act as the industry's voice in the development, growth and integrity of the regulated cannabis industry and the "responsible use of cannabis for medical and non-medical purposes".

The Cannabis Canada Association (CCA), Canadian Medical Cannabis Council (CMCC), as well as Canopy Growth Corp., have joined together to create a single national industry association for the sector, to be called the Cannabis Canada Council (“Cannabis Canada” or “C3”).

To govern the unified organization, the general membership has elected the following individuals to the Board of Directors:

As U.S. and Canadian government policies toward marijuana grow more divergent amid Canada's push for legalization, their stock exchanges have seen a flurry of cross-listing activity from companies eager to snap up investment capital and carve out dominant positions in a growing global market.

Marijuana producers that operate in U.S. states where pot is legal are prevented from public listings in their home country because the drug is prohibited at the federal level, so they turn their focus north for a legal avenue to raise public capital.

Grassroots Liberals know what the party needs to stand for in the next election. They made it clear to Justin Trudeau and his government this weekend that they expect the party to continue to push for progressive change, even if it runs counter to the prime minister's own position, and even if it requires more spending than a government wrestling with deficits can afford.

The 15 policy resolutions adopted Saturday at the Liberal Party's policy convention in Halifax aren't binding — they don't have to be part of the 2019 campaign platform. But to ignore them will be difficult, especially when the Liberals are making a concerted pitch for support from young people and progressive voters.

MLAs say age limit, retail and policing of pot up for discussion.

Community consultations on the territory's new marijuana legislation will kick off next week, the Northwest Territories government announced Friday.

The whirlwind tour will see MLAs from two committees visit 16 communities in 11 days.

The Cannabis Legalization and Regulation Implementation Act, or Bill 6, is currently under review by the standing committees on social development and government operations.

Daniel Weinstock is the director of the Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill University, and Andrew Potter is associate professor at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada. They are the co-chairs of the coming conference Legalizing Marijuana in Canada: Policy Challenges

One of the first things medical students are taught is some version of the precept, “first do no harm.” It’s a good maxim for life in general, and, more specifically, for any policy maker looking to make significant changes to the existing order of things.

Barring any unforeseen roadblocks that may get thrown up as the weeks tick down to the advent of cannabis legalization in Canada, the legislation now looks relatively bulletproof, having passed a tight vote in the Red Chamber at second reading.

If you've been keeping up with Bill C-45, you'll know that the Liberal government wants Canadians to wait up to a whole year after legalization is implemented to be able to legally purchase and use cannabis concentrates and edibles.

While the feds claim they need more time to create legislation (when we all know they could easily lift ideas from places like Colorado or Washington), one B.C.-based licensed producer has found a way around the delay, at least as far as medical patients are concerned.

Canna Farms Limited, a licensed producer based in Hope, announced yesterday that it had created Canada's first legal "whole-plant" cannabis concentrate. 

With the legalization of recreational marijuana use on the horizon, many are wondering what the impacts will be on municipalities. To that end, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities recently released a set of guidelines for municipalities and member organizations, on some of the issues which may come up. The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association along with the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities are members of the FCM.

Gordon Barnhart is the president of SUMA. He explained the idea of the guidelines is to cover a number of topics.

For those in the marijuana culture, “4/20” is the highest holiday.

For close to 40 years, April 20  -- the 20th day of the fourth month-- has been the day to celebrate all things marijuana and to call for loosening of what many say are outdated laws that ban the substance. But the origins of the day have been as hazy as the clouds of smoke that waft from the hundreds who gather in public spaces to celebrate it. Here’s a look at how “Weed Day” began and where it’s headed now.

Why 4/20?

Though “420” is often used in pot parlance, few are sure how the term became rooted in popular culture. It’s fairly certain that the word began in California and spread from there, but why remains a mystery.

The past year has certainly been an exciting one for the Canadian cannabis industry. When the current Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau was on the campaign trail, one of his biggest promises was to legalize recreational marijuana across the entire country. He is making good on that promise with the government on track to legalize recreational marijuana by the summer. Bill C-45 was approved in principal in March and is now being looked at by a number of other committees for approval.

If everything goes as planned, Canada will be the second country in the world to legalize the consumption and sale of recreational marijuana. Uruguay was the first to make the leap in 2014.