Cannabis
On October 7, 2021, as part of Ontario's Fall 2021 Red Tape
Reduction Package, the Ontario Government announced proposed
legislative amendments to the Cannabis License Act, 2018,
Cannabis Control Act, 2017 and the Ontario Cannabis
Retail Corporation Act, 2017 that would enable authorized
cannabis retailers to provide curbside pick-up and delivery
services on a permanent basis.
Currently, cannabis delivery and curbside pick-up has been
temporarily authorized in Ontario under the Reopening Ontario
(A Flexible Response to COVID-19) Act, 2020 to provide
consumers with ongoing access to legal recreational cannabis and to
help support cannabis retailers during the pandemic. However, if
these emergency order regulations are revoked, cannabis retail
stores would no longer be permitted to offer cannabis delivery or
curbside pick-up services, as the Cannabis License Act,
2018, Cannabis Control Act, 2017 and the Ontario
Cannabis Retail Corporation Act, 2017 do not