Tag: Justin Trudeau

Congratulations and Thank You for Legalizing Cannabis, Canada!

Written by Anthony Johnson on October 17, 2018. Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Barcelona, ICBC Berlin, ICBC San Francisco, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

October 17, 2018, the long-awaited day that cannabis goes legal across Canada has arrived and the world will never be the same. With all due respect to the great progress made by Uruguay, who helped...

CBC: Canadian Cannabis Shortage Looms, You Might Still Need Your Dealer

Written by Anthony Johnson on October 4, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC San Francisco.

There are many reasons why people support cannabis legalization. For longtime Drug War reformers, keeping nonviolent from unjust and harmful arrests and prison terms top the list. For those that don’t...

Border War: Americans Set to Invade Canada…for Cannabis

Written by Anthony Johnson on July 12, 2018. Posted in Business, Cultural, ICBC Portland, Politics.

Rightwing provocateur Alex Jones recently received some well-deserved ridicule for claiming that American liberals were going to start a Second Civil War this past July 4th, a prediction that,...

Canada, Listen to Henry Rollins and Pardon Cannabis Offenders

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 21, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

After a locale legalizes, regulates, and taxes cannabis, the economic benefits garner a vast majority of the headlines. Billion dollar business deals, thousands of new jobs, and millions in new revenue...

Will Canadian Provinces Be Ready for Legalization by October 17?

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 21, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

Now that the Canadian Parliament has passed the Cannabis Act (C-45) and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has set October 17th as the official start day of legalization, the cannabis community awaits the...

Cannabis Legalization in Canada has Global Implications

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 20, 2018. Posted in Cultural, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

The historic vote by the Canadian Senate to pass the Cannabis Act (C-45) yesterday, setting up Canada to become the first G7 nation to legalize cannabis and the first nation to end prohibition for all...

Breaking: Canadian Senate Likely to Pass Legalization by Friday

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 19, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

The timing of the International Cannabis Business Conference, where top industry participants from around the globe converge upon Vancouver this June 24th-25th, couldn’t be much better as the...

Canadian House Passes Legalization Again, Now Back to Senate

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 18, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

The cannabis legalization political football has been tossed back to the Canadian Senate as the House of Commons passed the Cannabis Act (C-45) 205 to 82, with Conservatives largely opposing the measure....

Canadian House Protects Cannabis Home Grows and Branding

Written by Anthony Johnson on June 13, 2018. Posted in Business, ICBC Vancouver, Politics.

When we cannabis legalization advocates were celebrating the Canadian Senate’s vote to end federal prohibition, we had some big problems with a few amendments, namely a provision that would allow...