Health Canada has not provided MJBizDaily with a timeline for when the review would begin, nor would Canada’s health department confirm the launch or postponement of the review. MJ Biz report The Canadian government is delaying the launch of the mandatory review of the country’s 2018 recreational cannabis law because of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, sources told MJBizDaily. The ministers are expected to begin an 18-month review of Prime Minister Trudeau’s historic legislation. The review was supposed to start by October 2021, three years after Canada legalized recreational cannabis. Queen Elizabeth II, who was Canada’s monarch, died Sept. 8 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
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The Canadian government is delaying the launch of the mandatory review of the country’s 2018 recreational cannabis law because of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, sources told MJBizDaily.
Queen Elizabeth II, who was Canada’s monarch, died Sept. 8 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
The review had been expected to begin Wednesday in a joint announcement by Jean-Yves Duclos, Canada’s health minister, and Carolyn Bennett, minister of mental health and addictions, according to the sources, who requested...
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