A Senate committee says the current cannabis market and legislation has kept Indigenous Peoples from sharing in the economic opportunities that the…
The committee he sat on found the Indigenous community’s difficulties in fully taking advantage of cannabis legalization stem from legislation around the sale and distribution of cannabis, licensing and even the regulation and policing of the substance.
This meant some First Nations groups had to enter into regulation and sale agreements with provinces and territories Legislation has also left few Indigenous communities with the licenses from Health Canada and the Canada Revenue Agency that are necessary to operate in the cannabis industry.Article content
The committee also turned its attention to the excise tax, which is imposed on cannabis products when they’re delivered to buyers and shared between the federal, provincial and territorial governments.Article content First Nations communities do not receive a portion of the tax, but the committee wants the government to look at how they could share in the levy.
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