Registry of Lobbyists
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Economic Development, International Development, International Trade, Small Business
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Calling for enhanced inclusion in Government Agency Programs at Business Development Bank (BDC) and Farm Credit Canada (FCC) as well as Export Development Canada (EDC) for the Cannabis Sector.
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Justice and Law Enforcement
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Cannabis Amnesty. The Council is actively engaged in encouraging government officials to take a proactive stance in the elimination/ expungement of Canadians with Criminal records for the posession of Cannabis for personal consumption.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
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Economic Development, Taxation and Finance
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Cannabis Economic Development. The cannabis industry is engaging with ISED which has a new mandate to promote economic development activity stemming from the legalization of cannabis and the emergence of a robust eco system across the country.
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Economic Development, Federal-Provincial Relations, Internal Trade, Science and Technology, Small Business, Taxation and Finance
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CRA Excise stamp logistics and placement on adult consumer use cannabis products and co packing supply chain realities that run up against the Excise Tax Act.
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Budget, Consumer Issues, Economic Development, Federal-Provincial Relations, Internal Trade, Small Business, Taxation and Finance
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Excise Tax Framework on Cannabis products was fashioned on a premise of $ 1 in $ 10 as tax whereas in practical reality the tax is far more aggressive than planned, often coming in at or nearly 3 times higher at 30 %. This is severely compressing the financial viability of many licensed producers and processors, while keeping product prices high in comparison to competition in the legacy, illicit marketplace.
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Aboriginal Affairs, Economic Development, Employment and Training, Internal Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement
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Helping to highlight the need for Diversity, Inclusion and Gender strategies within the cannabis sector. We are seeking to gain encouragement from the Government for progress in these areas.
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Economic Development, Employment and Training, Research and Development, Science and Technology, Small Business
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Regional Economic Development. Seeking to build awareness about the sector and to encourage support from government regional and rural economic development programs.
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Budget, Economic Development, Foreign Affairs, International Development, International Relations, International Trade, Small Business, Taxation and Finance
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Seeking to eliminate the 2.3% regulatory fees charged by Health Canada. Working to improve the service standards for license changes, security clearance, export permits.
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Bilingualism/Official Languages, Consumer Issues, Health, Internal Trade
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The Cannabis Act: Working to develop an appropriate marketing and branding regime that allows for producers to Differentiate their products through communication with consumers about product attributes.
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Policies or Program, Regulation
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Consumer Issues, Economic Development, Federal-Provincial Relations, Health, Internal Trade, Justice and Law Enforcement, Small Business, Taxation and Finance
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The Cannabis Act: Working to develop proposed amendments to the Legislation using the Statutory Review of the Act that was initiated in the Fall of 2022.
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Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
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Health, Taxation and Finance
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The Cannabis Act and Excise Act: Revising the application of excise tax on medical cannabis.
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Agriculture, Economic Development, Taxation and Finance
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The Cannabis Council is looking to actively engage the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and to gain support for efforts to improve consistency and quality of the value - added agricultural crop cannabis.
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The Cannabis Council of Canada (C3) is Canada's voice for producers and processors of cannabis licensed by Health Canada under the Cannabis Act. Building on a model of medicinal marijuana initiated nearly 20 years ago Canada legalized adult use recreational cannabis in 2018. The association leads efforts to grow the sector and to raise matters of concern with Health Canada our primary regulator as well as many other governmental authorities.
Paul McCarthy, President & CEO
Address:
P.O. Box 81071
111 Albert Street
Ottawa, ON K1P 1B1
Canada
Telephone number:
613-882-0746