Proposed Approach to Cost Recovery for the Regulation of Cannabis

'On April 13, 2017, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-45, an Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts (the Cannabis Act) in the House of Commons. In its 2017 Fall Economic Statement, Progress for the Middle Class, the Government of Canada provided $546 million over five years for the implementation, administration and enforcement of the Cannabis Act. The purpose of this consultation paper is to solicit public input and views on the proposed approach to recovering federal government costs under the cannabis framework. Comments received will be considered in the final design of the cost recovery regime, which is expected to be put in place through a ministerial order following the coming into force of the Cannabis Act and its regulations'--Preface, p. ii, iii.