Cannabis market opens up in Ontario

Ontario is removing the cap on pot shops in a bid to clamp down on the number of illegal stores. Individual companies will be allowed to own up to 75 retail stores by September 2021.

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19 Comments

  1. White Crane on April 12, 2021 at 5:40 pm

    Got 4 plants doing great wifes is even better what a green thumb. The kids (3) who are over 18 are good
    Party on Wayne. Why buy , grow it strong and cheap.



  2. WIDE AWAKE on April 12, 2021 at 5:42 pm

    Is it going to be another scam ? Same as the lotto ?



  3. M B on April 12, 2021 at 5:45 pm

    Greedy Ontario government wanted to corner the market by opening their online store first and then creating all kinds of friction, churn and red tape for the competition or…. I could surmise that their motive for doing things that way was to protect the interest of "good friends" involved in the black market!!!



  4. TheBlackestKey on April 12, 2021 at 5:57 pm

    People are wayyyyy to freaked out about weed being legal



  5. dehsa on April 12, 2021 at 6:00 pm

    You have a lot of fun smoking all that pesticide, and growth enhancers, now.



  6. TCinthe6 on April 12, 2021 at 6:00 pm

    I love how Canadian tax dollars have funded this failed business and lifestyle while kids still go hungry all over the country. Slam dunk for the government.



  7. Mike Hagarty on April 12, 2021 at 6:02 pm

    It’s been a headache all across Canada!
    The black market is still booming,
    thanks to the unorganized approach.



  8. Don P on April 12, 2021 at 6:04 pm

    Uncle Maple wants to profit too!



  9. Robert Bartholomew on April 12, 2021 at 6:06 pm

    Ontario…please call New Brunswick and tell them how to do this…NB actually LOST money selling weed. That’s right…they LOST money. That’s the IQ lvl of the NB leadership…they are doomed.



  10. Daniel ! on April 12, 2021 at 6:06 pm

    👍👍👏👏



  11. Robert MacNaughton on April 12, 2021 at 6:10 pm

    ‘Ganja must be free’ – Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
    The Market wants to expand. So be it.
    A thousand LP permits to be given in 2020 please, not 50-100 FFS.
    Let the free market and the consumer decide. Like any other commodity.
    I want to see craft Organic Concentrate specialty stores . LOTS of them.
    Come on Ontario. It’s a shitshow here in Quebec .
    May thousands of unique Legal Dispensaries bloom.



  12. Rocky johnson on April 12, 2021 at 6:17 pm

    This is how it should have been from the start! Now lets do the same for the rest of Canada you old farts whom don’t know anything about how the actual world works.



  13. D B on April 12, 2021 at 6:17 pm

    The Liberals failed at legalization



  14. Brodie Boulet on April 12, 2021 at 6:20 pm

    Actually the government’s plan was to make alot of money and I will only go to the black market until they let the small time grower get into the market. Get the big grow corporation’s out and reduce prices and let the ma and pop shops succeed.



  15. Vader Vaders on April 12, 2021 at 6:23 pm

    another year, lol . Welcome to Government bumbling , it’s what we do!



  16. Steve DiMaria on April 12, 2021 at 6:25 pm

    Couldn’t you find someone uglier to interview?



  17. roof pizza on April 12, 2021 at 6:31 pm

    2 weeks ago I was looking at the progress of store roll outs and the best I could find near me was an application in process for a place 22 km’s from me.



  18. Andy S on April 12, 2021 at 6:31 pm

    Once it’s legalised everywhere it no longer puts money in the hands of criminals and law enforcement can now focus their efforts on catching real criminals. Saving millions in tax dollars not having to pay for so many prisons. The constitution is printed on hemp paper. This should have been legal from the beginning



  19. papapapist on April 12, 2021 at 6:34 pm

    Still not good enough. Canopy alone currently have enough inventory to supply the entire country. This was a scam from day one.