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EKB first wrote about Canada's planned legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes in April 2017.

To the disappointment of many and the surprise of few, the Ontario Government has decided to provide access to recreational cannabis through a government corporation similar to the LCBO.

Ex-management of a Winnipeg-based cannabis producer hired a broker to buy what turned out to be illegal product and led Health Canada to pull the company's sale licence a third-party investigator says

The Council of the District of Columbia has passed a law which gives minority-owned companies preferential access to cannabis business licenses.

From the outset, the original COOL rules put in place in 2008 had a dramatic negative impact on Canadian swine and beef cattle producers.

The 25-year controversy involving BPA in food packaging won’t go away.

Effective today, July 20, 2022, new regulations will require most prepackaged foods sold in Canada that are high in saturated fats, sugars and/or sodium to display a "front-of-package nutrition symbol" (FOP Symbol).

A new Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) came into effect in the U.K. on January 1, 2009. The 2009 PPRS represents the latest version of the voluntary system which has been negotiated from time to time by the U.K. Department of Health and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) since 1957. The PPRS represents an attempt to balance incentives for innovation with cost and price restraint.

Health Canada has recently proposed amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations to allow the importation and sale of drugs for an urgent public health need.

Further to our previous article on the subject, the Government of Canada is pushing ahead with its plan to restrict the marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages to kids.

It would appear that Ontario's provincial government no longer plans to move forward with the retail distribution of recreational cannabis through government-run stand-alone outlets.

For more information regarding the legalization of cannabis, please contact a member of our firm's Cannabis Group or Government Relations practice.

Fresh off his convincing electoral victory, Premier Doug Ford has announced that he plans to begin the process of scrapping Ontario's existing approach to the retail sale of cannabis, which had been introduced by the predecessor Liberal government.

On September 26, 2018 Attorney General and the Minister of Finance released highly anticipated information regarding the proposed legislation on private cannabis retail store ownership.

We previously reported on the Ontario government's efforts to manage the risk of drug shortages in the early days of the pandemic.

Cannabis aficionados can start making their travel plans now after the Ontario government has officially opened the province's doors for cannabis tourism.

Following two public consultations with stakeholders, the Government of Ontario (Ministry of Finance) is moving forward with legislation to regulate preferred provider networks (PPNs).