Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Was Canada's Cannabis Legalization Ill Conceived and Hasty? Just Ask Ontario Finance Minister Vic Fedeli Whose Provincial Stores Cannot Be Filled

"...Ontario could allow several hundred cannabis stores to open but is being stymied by the federal government’s “bungling” of supply, according to the provincial finance minister.

More than six months after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government legalized recreational pot in Canada, supply still “doesn’t line up,” Ontario’s Victor Fedeli said. That’s why Ontario has set a limit of 25 bricks and mortar stores, and outlets across the country are struggling to fill their shelves, he said.

“It’s all dependent on the federal government unleashing supply,” Fedeli said in an interview Tuesday at Bloomberg’s headquarters in New York. “Health Canada appears to be the area that is ill-prepared to license the producers...”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-30/federal-bungling-on-pot-is-stifling-ontario-shops-fedeli-says?srnd=premium-canada

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