You witness a group of your employees exit the workplace on
their break, gather on a public sidewalk and begin to smoke what
appears to be cannabis. How do you respond?
If the newly proposed legislation under consideration, Bill 36,
An Act to enact a new Act and make amendments to various other
Acts respecting the use and sale of cannabis and vapour products in
Ontario ("Bill 36"), is passed, then your response
will need to account for an entirely new set of rules from those
effected under the former Ontario government.
Background
Bill C-45, the federal Cannabis Act, received royal
assent on June 21, 2018, making certain activities regarding
possession, cultivation and consumption of recreational cannabis
legal effective October 17, 2018. Provincial governments have
introduced additional legislation to regulate activities related to
recreational cannabis legalization within their borders. In
Ontario, the provincial government passed the Cannabis Act,
2017 and,
