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Canada’s rec cannabis tax formula emerging: 10% excise + 5% GST

Canada’s federal government floated a possible recreational marijuana taxation plan this week, pitching a 10% excise tax on top…

News October 5
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Canada moves to allow recreational marijuana edibles, opening major new market for businesses

By Matt Lamers Edible marijuana products in Canada will be brought into the mix within a year after…

News October 5
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Alberta’s rec cannabis blueprint leaves door open to private retailers, MJ clubs and lounges

Alberta’s proposed framework to regulate marijuana leaves open the possibility private companies could sell adult-use products, a move…

News October 5
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Quebec to use government stores to sell recreational cannabis

Quebec plans to corner the recreational marijuana market by handing retail responsibilities to its government-owned liquor board, according…

News October 3
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Acquisitions to help Aurora gear up for Canada’s home grow MJ market

Aurora Cannabis has purchased two companies as part of its strategy to tap Canada’s rapidly growing market for patients who…

News October 3
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Tilray exports medical cannabis to New Zealand for national dispersal

Tilray has started supplying medical marijuana to the New Zealand market for nationwide distribution, filling the nation’s cannabis supply shortfall two…

News October 2
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Canadian firm planning massive MMJ greenhouse in Australia

PUF Ventures plans to build a 1-million-square-foot medical marijuana greenhouse in Australia that could eventually generate about 1…

News September 29
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Canada could add 150,000 cannabis jobs – some with salaries nearing six digits

Canada’s medical marijuana sector is continuing its blistering pace of growth, bringing with it more jobs and higher,…

News September 29
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Ontario producer to supply cannabis oil to nursing homes

WeedMD, a licensed marijuana producer in Ontario, has signed a deal to serve as the “preferred supplier” of cannabis…

News September 28
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Poll: Canadians want private sector involved in cannabis retail

Sixty-five percent of current and potential cannabis consumers in Canada believe licensed growers should be allowed to open…

News September 27
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