Wednesday, June 20, 2018

SENATE APPROVES MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION

   The Senate has voted 52-29 to accept the latest version of the government’s long-debated legal marijuana legislation, paving the way for the bill to pass into Canadian law.
   Bill C-45 now moves to royal assent, the final step in the legislative process. That could occur within days at the government’s discretion. The government’s desire to see home grown marijuana permitted across Canada eventually prevailed, and a proposal from the Senate to allow provinces and territories to ban them has been stripped from the final bill.
  More than half of Canadian businesses are concerned or “very concerned” with the upcoming legalization of cannabis, a new report by the Conference Board of Canada claims.
  The findings state that employers’ top concerns include workplace safety, impairment or intoxication and increased use of cannabis in the workplace.

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