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Cultivating, processing and selling cannabis requires a licence under the Cannabis Act.
Regulations that set out strict rules controlling cultivation, processing and other activities with cannabis were updated on October 17, 2019 to include new controls governing edible cannabis, cannabis extracts and cannabis topicals.
• Why does it take so long to get a cannabis licence?
• How are you keeping organized crime out of the legal market?
• Why are there so few small cannabis producers?
The Government is committed to ensuring that individuals who require cannabis for medical purposes have reasonable access to legal and quality-controlled products. The Cannabis Act preserves and builds on the medical access program.
• How will the Government ensure that patients continue to have access to cannabis?
• How is the Government addressing abuses of the medical access system, while ensuring that patients continue to have reasonable access to cannabis?
On October 17, 2018, the Cannabis Act came into force, setting out strict rules controlling cultivation, processing and other activities with cannabis.
Health Canada has a comprehensive process in place to work with the affected parties in the event of a cannabis product recall.
• In light of recent product recalls, what has Health Canada/the Minister done to ensure appropriate measures have been taken to protect the health and safety of Canadians? How has the contaminated product made its way onto shelves and into consumers’ hands?
Indigenous Moderate Livelihood Fisheries
Marine Conservation
North Atlantic Right Whale and the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act
Pacific Salmon
Southern Resident Killer Whale (SRKW)
Trans Mountain Expansion Project
Wild Atlantic Salmon