Health committee  I think we should go further than that. If I were in charge, I would put GST on cannabis and for the first few years, I'd put that money into a fund to make reparations to those Canadians who have been unjustly imprisoned or had their lives negatively affected by cannabis prohibi

Health committee  I believe in the Charter of Rights.

Health committee  No, that's all accurate.

Health committee  Vancouver has had a more progressive attitude towards cannabis for quite awhile. Possession arrests are very, very rare in Vancouver compared with other jurisdictions. You'll be hearing from Hilary Black, who started Vancouver's first dispensary. That was about 20 years ago. We o

Health committee  I think that would be very worthwhile. To get an understanding of what's really happening and of the limitations of the laws that you're trying to pass and the limitations of the ability to enforce the laws you're trying to pass, I think it would be very important to see what's a

Health committee  It's sort of halfway between those things. We strive for a professional product, but it's very difficult to access mainstream bakeries or places to make products if you're going to be making cannabis products. As a result, we are forced into this kind of area where they're made a

Health committee  No. Do you mean the task force that was initially put together and that kind of thing? Some people were. I wasn't invited to speak to that task force. Some of my allies or friends were, but I found that just regular cannabis users aren't really in part of this discussion so much.

Health committee  It really depends on what they're looking for. Some people just want to feel good and get high, and some people have a medicinal need. They have pain or they have cancer or a systemic ailment, and they need a different kind of treatment. So it really depends, but edibles are less

Health committee  With edibles, the question is what do people seek or why are they taking edibles?

Health committee  The most popular edibles are things that taste good. People like treats. They don't really want to take capsules or things if they can have something that's yummy. We definitely sell more things that are delicious than things that are less tasty, absolutely. That's just human nat

Health committee  You could put cannabis into all kinds of food products. Some people like to buy infused butter so they can add it to their own food and put it on toast or put it into foods themselves.

Health committee  We sell infused butter; we sell infused oils; and we sell different kinds of edible products. We sell savoury things as well, but normally they're kind of snack foods.

Health committee  I'll have to think about that a little bit. We sell some drops that are very popular; those aren't really edibles. They're drops made with infused hempseed oil. They're like an edible. I would say that cookies are incredibly popular, and people like different kinds of cookies. W

Health committee  It depends on what you mean by “diversion”. It's hard to sell the cannabis you're going to get from four one-metre plants. You're not going to get that much, but certainly, sharing it with your friends, I think that'll happen. If you really want to stop people from diverting ca

Health committee  Absolutely. There is more criminalization in this bill than we already have in some areas, and that 14-year penalty also means there are no conditional discharges available as well, which I think is a big concern. Speaking as a member of the cannabis movement, I know that we don