Mr. Speaker, children are getting it right now in massive quantities. Canada has the highest number of young people smoking cannabis.
We are seeking to legalize cannabis, strictly regulate it and restrict access. There is nothing in the legislation that provides legal access to young people.
The purpose of the legislation is to ensure we keep it out of the hands of kids and the proceeds out of the hands of criminals. We took many recommendations from the task forces with respect to the cannabis act. One of those recommendations was to have the four plants at home for possible home growth.
It is incumbent upon the adults in those houses to do what they do with alcohol or prescription drugs, to put parameters around that to ensure that the children who may live in the house do not have access to it, much like they do with alcohol and prescription drugs.