Federal Government Gives Health Canada Bulk of Marijuana Legalization Funding

According to the Department of Finance, which recently released a breakdown of how the federal government plans to spend its pot funds, Health Canada is set to receive the bulk of the more than half-a-billion dollars earmarked for the implementation of a recreational cannabis industry by the country’s July 2018 legalization deadline. Just last week, Ottawa said in its fall economic statement that it would provide Health Canada, Public Safety Canada, the RCMP, and the Canada Border Services Agency with $526 million in new funding, which it plans to spread…

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