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March was a busy month for cannabis regulatory updates in Canada. In addition to a variety of reports and policy guidance published by Health Canada, the Regulations amending certain regulations concerning cannabis (streamlining of requirements) and the Order Amending Schedule 2 to the Cannabis Act came into force on March 12, 2025.

We have identified key provincial appellate decisions and upcoming hearings to watch out for in 2022.

Zero-rated and exempt supplies both have one thing in common at the cash register: your customer pays no GST or HST either way. That surface similarity is exactly why so many business owners misclassify their sales, and why the mistake is expensive.

À l'occasion d'une visite inédite de la Cour suprême à Québec en septembre 2022, le plus haut tribunal du pays a entendu...

On June 12, 2023, a panel of the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission (the "AGLC") released its decision in the matter of Canna Cabana Inc. (the "Decision").

What used to be considered an illicit drug in most countries is now a decriminalized plant with some medicinal potential.

Lawyers Karsten Lee and Robert Eisenberg talk about how cannabis is the new "big thing" in retail. They provide a detailed breakdown of the various challenges that cannabis leasing can present in the Canadian context.

The sale and use of cannabis in Ontario has been a hot topic in recent years, all the more so after the Cannabis Act legalized the recreational use of cannabis on October 27, 2018, and the...

Lawyers Karsten Lee and Robert Eisenberg talk about how cannabis is the new "big thing" in retail. They provide a detailed breakdown of the various challenges...

Edibles, extracts, and topicals are now part of Canada's legal cannabis offerings.

On Oct. 17, 2018, Canada gained international attention as it became the first G7 country to legalize recreational cannabis.

In Ontario, municipal control of cannabis or any other agricultural production is restricted under the Farming and Food Production Protection Act, 1998 ("FFPPA").

The Cannabis Act[1] (the "Act") came into force in October 2018, creating a legal and highly regulated market for the production...

2021 offered many lessons to Canadian trademark owners including: reminders of the challenges of enforcing inherently weak trademarks and the importance and...

As new information about the health impacts of vaping becomes available, along with the rising prevalence of underage vaping, many jurisdictions in Canada are moving to restrict the sale and advertising of vaping products...

In English v Richmond (City), 2021 BCCA 442, Justices Frankel and DeWitt-Van Oosten of the British Columbia Court of Appeal (the "BCCA") considered an appeal from an order requiring the issuance...

Many Canadians assume that if a medical expense is necessary or recommended by a doctor, it automatically qualifies for the Medical Expense Tax Credit (METC).