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Canada’s Cannabis Act: Annotation & Commentary, 2019/2020 Edition

This text identifies the relevant case law and underlying legislation used to draft the Cannabis Act, helping you analyze the rules and limits of the Act and the Regulations.
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Publisher: LexisNexis Canada
Publication Language: English
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Softcover | 472 pages | Annual – Standing Order Terms Apply

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ISBN/ISSN: 9780433500599
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The first edition of an annual annotated product on the new federal Cannabis Act, which came into force on October 17, 2018.
For ease of navigation, this annotated text is structured according to the sections of the Cannabis Act. The Act is comprised of 15 Parts, and uses provisions either directly from or modified from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Tobacco and Vaping Products Act, and the Food and Drug Act.  Accordingly, the most relevant case law under each of these Acts are examined and appropriate cases chosen to interpret the Cannabis Act.

Features

  • Overview commentary for each part and division of the Act
  • Thematic annotation of key sections
  • Detailed introduction outlining the legislative and historical reasons Canada prohibited cannabis in Canada
  • Full text of all Regulations
  • Written by Russell Bennett, a lawyer who advises businesses in the cannabis industry, and who has commented on Canada’s cannabis laws in his creative productions for over 20 years

A useful resource
The 2019/2020 edition of the Cannabis Act: Commentary & Annotation will be of interest to:

  • Lawyers – Criminal, corporate, municipal, employment and labour, litigation
  • Law enforcement officers – Municipal officers, provincial officers, RCMP, military police
  • Government – Federal, provincial and municipal administrations
  • Libraries – Law school, university, public

Featured authors

Russell Bennett

Russell Bennett

Russell Bennett, B.Sc., LL.B., became a lawyer in 1997, prior to establishing a career in film, theatre and documentary production. In 1998, Bennett produced and directed the documentary STONED: Hemp Nation on Trial, which followed the test case and trial of Christopher Clay, owner of Hemp Nation, Canada’s first Hemp Store. STONED premiered on CBC and was nominated for Best Political Documentary at Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival.

In 2004, Bennett created the award-winning multi-character solo play, The Reefer Man, which told the story of a lawyer who was also an underground cannabis grower. Bennett toured the play to Fringe Festivals and professional theatres across Canada.

In 2014, Bennett practised bankruptcy and insolvency law with Bennett & Company, and then fraud recovery law with Investigation Counsel PC.

In 2018, Bennett created his own firm, Cannabis Law, by merging his passions for Canada’s cannabis legislative history, dispelling myths associated with cannabis, and the practice of law. Cannabis Law represents people and businesses in the cannabis industry. Cannabis Law gives people and cannabis businesses the tools to thrive and to protect themselves and their businesses regarding regulatory matters, taxes, employees, intellectual property, land use planning, asset protection and partner/shareholder issues. Cannabis Law also challenges questionable cannabis laws under the Constitution of Canada.

He posts on matters relating to cannabis and the law regularly at cannabislaw.ca

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Table of contents

About the Author
 Legislative Currency
 Preface
 Detailed Table of Contents 
 Table of Cases
 
 Introduction
 
 Cannabis Act –Annotation and Commentary
 
 Regulations 
 ▪ Cannabis Act (Police Enforcement) Regulations, SOR/2018-151
 ▪ Cannabis Fees Order, SOR/2018-198
 ▪ Cannabis Regulations, SOR/2018-144
 ▪ Cannabis Tracking System Order, SOR/2018-178
 ▪ Industrial Hemp Regulations, SOR/2018-145
 ▪ Order Designating the Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction, A Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, as the Minister for the Purposes of the Cannabis Act, SI/2018-103
 ▪ Qualifications for Designation as Analyst Regulations (Cannabis), SOR/2018-146
 
 Regulatory Initiative: Regulations Enabling the Legal Sale of Cannabis Edibles and Concentrates - Forward Regulatory Plan 2018-2020

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