Solomon Israel

Based in Ontario, Canada, Solomon covers the Canadian marijuana industry and cannabis cultivation forMJBizDaily. He previously covered cannabis for the Winnipeg Free Press, where he launched a Canadian cannabis news vertical called The Leaf News. Before that, Solomon covered business news for Canada’s national public broadcaster, CBC News, as an online reporter and a TV news producer. Solomon holds a master’s degree in journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario.


Articles by Solomon Israel :

Struggling cannabis companies turn to Canadian insolvency law

An unusual number of cannabis companies have used a Canadian corporate insolvency law called the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) in 2022, a trend that demonstrates both the marijuana industry’s financial challenges and one possible solution to keep businesses from slipping completely underwater.

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