What started as an election promise by Justin Trudeau in 2015, before he was prime minister, has led to Canada becoming the second country in the world to legalize the production, sales and distribution of recreational cannabis. Not only did the June 7th, 2018 election eliminate the Ontario Liberal Party’s position as a top-two contender in the province’s legislative assembly, the elections also gave now-Premier Doug Ford and his Ontario Conservative Party the opportunity to wipe clean former Premier Kathleen Wynne’s plans for the Ontario Cannabis Store. “Recreational cannabis users in Canada … will just continue with their (existing) sources of supply until the legal system catches up.”

Despite the dearth of stores in Canada’s biggest cities, consumers can buy legal marijuana online, from provincial governments or licensed retailers, although delivery will take a few days. According to a Newfoundland Labrador Liquor Corporation spokesperson, not only will ShopCannabisNL.com be the province’s primary source for online sales, the government currently has “no plans to allow private retailers to sell online at this point in time.”

“We may re-evaluate in [the] future,” said the same spokesperson, in an email to MobileSyrup.
Canada becomes the first G20 nation to fully legalise cannabis.