The Ontario government has introduced legislation governing the licensing and regulation of the province's private cannabis retail marketplace. The province says the proposed legislation would make the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario the regulator for the recreational pot marketplace. The agency would have the power to grant — and potentially revoke — licences as well as enforce provincial rules on cannabis sales. The bill would create a government agency called the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corp. to handle online cannabis sales, with a private retail model scheduled to be in place by next April. Breaching provincial rules on cannabis sales would preclude someone from ever obtaining a licence in the future, the government said.

Source: CBC News September 27, 2018 17:37 UTC