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A panel of experts scrutinizing Canada’s federal Cannabis Act is on schedule to release its review and recommendations this spring, the country’s national regulator told MJBizDaily.
Cannabis industry officials will be watching closely for recommendations related to the economic, social and environmental impacts of the Cannabis Act, which could lead to reform that has ramifications for the heavily regulated industry.
The 2018 Cannabis Act required the formal review to examine the law’s impact on public health, consumption patterns and effect on Indigenous communities.
It was subsequently broadened to cover:
- The law’s economic and environmental impacts.
- Progress toward providing access to legal products.
- Its impact on access to medical cannabis.
- Its impact on Indigenous peoples, racial communities and women, who have faced significant barriers to participating in the legal industry.
Per the terms of reference guiding the review, the panel’s final report is supposed to be delivered to Canada’s health ministers no later than 18 months after the establishment of the panel – that would mean March 2024.
After that, the report will be presented, or tabled, “in both Houses of Parliament by spring 2024,” a Health Canada spokesperson told MJBizDaily via email.
“Once the final report is tabled in Parliament, Health Canada will carefully review the Panel’s recommendations,” the spokesperson added.
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