I'm doubtful that's the sentiment at Health Canada.  It's more likely ineptitude and it's not entirely their fault.  I think most of the marijuana expertise is in private industry and when the government does develop their own,  private industry does their best to recruit as many of those staff to their side where the rewards for now are much more lucrative.   Once this knowledge balance corrects itself things will improve but that will take more than the year the government has provided itself.