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Medical ma*****na users look to convince feds on exemption from taxes
Patients and doctors groups fear that cannabis medications not exempted from the tax that will be implemented with the government’s legalization plan will be too expensive for patients who already struggle to make ends meet.
They say they are planning to lobby federal officials to change the bill before it becomes law.

Gerald Major, president of the Canadian Spondylitis Association, says he and other patient advocates plan to push federal officials for a change, even though the Liberal government has so far refused to budge.

“What we can do, and what we will continue to do, is to continue to be at the table, continue to act reasonably and responsibly and try to look for solutions,” Major said.

The government says exempting medicinal cannabis could lead to abuse of the existing medical ma*****na system.

The government wants to tax legal ma*****na at either $1 per gram or one-tenth of a product’s price, whichever is greater.

The February budget outlined plans to waive that new tax for some cannabis-based pharmaceutical products, including oils that contain low amounts of THC, the primary psychoactive element in ma*****na.

Jonathan Zaid, founder of Canadians for Fair Access to Medical Ma*****na, said his advocacy group met ministers, department officials and various MPs to explain the merits of exempting all cannabis-based pharmaceuticals from the excise tax.
Full article visit; http://www.thestar.com/amp/business/2018/04/02/medical-ma*****na-users-look-to-convince-feds-on-exemption-from-taxes.html
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Medical ma*****na users look to convince feds on exemption from taxes | Toronto Star Patients and doctors groups fear that cannabis medications not exempted from the tax that will be implemented with the government’s legalization plan will be too expensive for patients who already struggle to make ends meet.

Sun Life Financial to add medical ma*****na option to group benefits plans
- The Canadian Press
TORONTO — Sun Life Financial Inc. is adding medical ma*****na as an option for its group benefits plans, marking an industry shift and the latest sign of growing public acceptance of cannabis.

The Toronto-based insurer’s chief executive Dean Connor said the move was influenced by rising interest from Sun Life’s employer clients.

“Medical ma*****na has become a very important part of their treatment program and pain management program,” said Connor, referencing patients who have cancer, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, or those requiring palliative care.
Sun Life provides health benefits coverage to more than three million Canadians and their families, or one in six Canadians. This comes as the country moves to legalize cannabis for recreational use later this year and as the number of registered medical ma*****na patients grows.

There were more than 235,000 medical ma*****na patients in the system across Canada at the end of September 2017, compared to roughly 98,500 a year earlier, noted Vahan Ajamian, a Beacon Securities Ltd. research analyst.
Full article at http://business.financialpost.com/news/fp-street/sun-life-financial-to-add-medical-pot-option-to-group-benefits-plans/amp
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Sun Life Financial to add medical ma*****na option to group benefits plans Sun Life says the coverage will be available for specific conditions and symptoms including cancer-related nausea, rheumatoid arthritis pain and palliative care

Canadians paying less than $7 a gram for w**d on average: StatsCan

TORONTO – A Statistics Canada study suggests that Canadians on average pay less than $7 a gram for ma*****na.

The drug is most expensive in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, which shell out $11.89 and $10.24 per gram on average.

Quebecers get the biggest break, roughly forking over $5.89 a gram.
Those in Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island pay between $6.97 and $7.47 per gram.

The data is based on information Statistics Canada collected from about 15,000 Canadians since Jan. 25.
It is part of the organization’s efforts to get a better snapshot of the country’s ma*****na use in the months leading up the drug’s legalization.
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Edmonton

Prohibition is best answer to cannabis in condos, legal expert says.

Edmonton

Prohibition is best answer to cannabis in condos, legal expert sa. Alberta condominium boards that fail to make their buildings cannabis-free before ma*****na is legalized risk sparking serious discord within their properties, says a lawyer who specializes in condominium law.

The legalization of recreational cannabis is rife with potential problems for property managers, said Robert Noce.
Condo boards, and landlords responsible for multi-unit buildings would be wise to nip the problem in the bud, before the summer deadline, he said.

“In order to minimize conflicts, you’ve got to go with total prohibition,” Noce said in an interview with CBC Radio’s Edmonton AM.

“When you are living in a confined space with other people so close to you, you’ve got to have good rules in place to minimize the conflict you will eventually have with your neighbours.”
For full article; http://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4524661
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Prohibition is best answer to cannabis in condos, legal expert says Alberta condominium boards that fail to make their buildings cannabis-free before ma*****na is legalized risk sparking serious discord within their properties, says a lawyer who specializes in condominium law.