Calls for changes in Canadian cannabis laws as strikes cause supply issues

Canada’s cannabis industry is calling for changes in the way cannabis products are distributed and sold in some parts of the country after labour disputes in two provinces have led to strikes and forced some stores to close temporarily.

George Smitherman, president of the Cannabis Council of Canada, said: “The job action in British Columbia, along with the current strike in Quebec, and the recent supply disruption in Ontario, shines a spotlight on the ineffectiveness and adverse consequences of provincial monopolies on cannabis distribution and the shortcomings of the federal government’s governance of legal cannabis.”

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