Changes to Ontario cannabis legislation take effect

George Smitherman is the president and CEO of the Cannabis council of Canada. He joined CP24 with his thoughts on the new rules.

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32 Comments

  1. @sydfreed9818 on March 13, 2024 at 4:21 am

    Crackdown on illegal growing? Ye sure. It’s to get everyone hooked on drugs so they are numb to the destruction of the country and lives being destroyed.



  2. @vividvideos6087 on March 13, 2024 at 4:24 am

    Govt: smoking bad
    Also govt: open more pot shops



  3. @trashpanda9615 on March 13, 2024 at 4:26 am

    lol as usual it’s only legal when they do it



  4. @natalied5917 on March 13, 2024 at 4:26 am

    Wicked government it belongs to us Jamaican people and other nations making money from us , you guys steal everything from us black people.



  5. @oliverfurtado7657 on March 13, 2024 at 4:27 am

    I love how we’re I live one beer store but 10 pot stores



  6. @o1ecypher on March 13, 2024 at 4:28 am

    This government will give you drugs faster than they will give you homes.



  7. @CanadianGrowerYT on March 13, 2024 at 4:29 am

    Grow your own tree or support local growers, the provincial government can kick rocks



  8. @Elecjester on March 13, 2024 at 4:29 am

    the corporate greed is ruining legal weed in Canada. horrible product & ridiculous prices & the oversight rules JFC! maybe pull your heads out of your collective asses & let us buy more than 1 bleeping ounce at a time! lol y’all are beyond absurd!



  9. @nixcya3180 on March 13, 2024 at 4:32 am

    You gotta see whats in it for canada that tehy are letting this to grow, bcuz they never do anything just for people ever



  10. @jumbome7420 on March 13, 2024 at 4:35 am

    This will and has done nothing to stop the black market



  11. @RyanStonedonCanadianGaming on March 13, 2024 at 4:35 am

    Costs way too much for the stupid license, be it growing or storefront.
    Glad I could grow my own.
    PS. THE OCS SEEDS SUCK, 95% MALES AND NO RESPONSE FOR REFUND, SCAMMING MOFOS.
    In that case, I hope the black market strives cause atleast the seeds grow bud and arent scammed $30+ for a pack of 4 seeds…



  12. @Wilde42 on March 13, 2024 at 4:38 am

    BS !! should be available to all ..as in a farmers market 🤦🏻‍♂️



  13. @Jason_Canada on March 13, 2024 at 4:39 am

    There’s no stores like that in huntsville all packaged up



  14. @justinaldrich1719 on March 13, 2024 at 4:39 am

    if they drop their prices i might go to them. I pay 30$ a Oz why would i go to a store plus my local drug dealer also puts the money he makes back into this city unlike the big corperations



  15. @Takemycloud69 on March 13, 2024 at 4:42 am

    I really to this can’t be there’s not more stores
    Can’t see any future problems down road
    Key word Road 🥦



  16. @User-uj6ie on March 13, 2024 at 4:42 am

    Why are we doing this? Get people to the gym instead and stop promoting this shaytan drug



  17. @Dam-a-fence on March 13, 2024 at 4:42 am

    The manner which the Conservative party of Ontario went about rolling out the licensing of legal cannabis shops, the limits they’ve placed on the packaging and sale caps, the tit for tat of making crusty homeless drunks more obvious by selling booze where food is sold, at earlier times(that’s the worst part, now they don’t have to wait ’til 10:00AM, now they can get in my way at 7:00AM, stinking to high heaven, while I’m just trying to get some milk for my morning coffee, that I haven’t had yet).

    Doug and his mafia need to leave.

    48% of us cast a ballot for no one.

    We outnumber his and any other party combined. His coalition would need independents to defeat us in the legislature.



  18. @swayzecrazy420 on March 13, 2024 at 4:44 am

    There is 10 outside my apartment



  19. @lisaboolee on March 13, 2024 at 4:46 am

    Nope…. You are actually ripping people off currently!! You need to provide better pot for cheaper prices!! Simple!!!
    Maybe, just maybe you should/will lower your prices, reduce the amount of Plastic you package and sell us and possibly you might provide some good product in the future…
    That is what will help you succeed gov!!!
    Also stop messing with cbd oil… it is a great medicine if You guys leave it alone, but you’ve made it taste like dirt and that’s just dirty pool… especially when it helps soooo many ailments!! Make big pharma smarten up and come up with better medicine that actually works and won’t make us more sick .



  20. @CanadasFoodieClub on March 13, 2024 at 4:47 am

    STOP SAYING MARIjANA IS LEAGLE IS IS NOT LEAGLE ITS REGULATED NOT LEAGLE



  21. @CoochieGrabberTrump on March 13, 2024 at 4:49 am

    There are way more than 75 shops out there u see like 5 on every block 😂



  22. @badeggproductions9484 on March 13, 2024 at 4:52 am

    Guv regulated pot is bunk…



  23. @Oranges_Coin on March 13, 2024 at 4:57 am

    Wow a ex politician is the president of the cannabis council of Canada. What a joke.

    I’ll keep supporting the free market over this ex politician and ex police run cannabis market.



  24. @masaharumorimoto4761 on March 13, 2024 at 4:59 am

    Showing video of baggie weed? that’s not a legal shop.



  25. @particularindividual4552 on March 13, 2024 at 5:01 am

    Just making it easier for the rich to get richer. Bravo.



  26. @Nothing-fp7jg on March 13, 2024 at 5:09 am

    Thank God this government has their priorities straight – beer being sold in convenience stores and the cap on the number of cannabis stores a company can own going from 75 to 150. That will go a long way in solving the migration, cost of living, housing and addiction crises



  27. @tonyfulford3175 on March 13, 2024 at 5:10 am

    They changed the law, so it can be even more widely available than it already is. The motive behind this, is to be able to keep people as stoned as possible. So as to keep their minds off the fact that under Blackface our lives have been totally destroyed with absolutely no hope for the future. Got it.



  28. @JessT-vg7ib on March 13, 2024 at 5:11 am

    I love more access to drugs. Doug Ford is the best.



  29. @HigzyTeflon on March 13, 2024 at 5:14 am

    Funny thing is, the black market is thriving right now. Word is getting out that all dispensary pot is irradiated and in many cases it is hydroponically grown Cannabis which in terms of connoisseur quality cannot stand up to fully organic non-irradiated non-GMO Cannabis products. I would sooner give my money to some snot nosed stranger in a park than to give it to corrupt government and friends of TURDeau. Support your local farmers



  30. @peterkarv2845 on March 13, 2024 at 5:14 am

    Bahahahaha! Crack down on illegal pot sales.😂😂😂 bunch o mobsters



  31. @ha6606 on March 13, 2024 at 5:14 am

    Keep the ppl asleep as the elections approach…sad



  32. @seanprice7645 on March 13, 2024 at 5:16 am

    but individuals still have a 4 plant limit and no ability to use it as a cash crop due to redacted red tape created to push the little guy out.
    rich get richer.