The process is not working that well, Mr. Speaker.
The recreational marijuana industry is still embryonic, but already it reeks of cronyism and patronage.
When industry players turn up at cocktail fundraisers a year before the bill is introduced and hire former ministers, senators, and party directors, we can be forgiven for thinking they might have certain expectations.
Will the government let Quebec and the provinces select their own authorized producers so they can take what is really starting to look, and not for the first time, like a conflict of interest and nip it in the bud?