Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  My colleague Mr. Costen will answer your question.

Health committee  The legislation is very clear that young Canadians shouldn't have access to any amount of cannabis. That is absolutely clear. I'll ask my colleague, Carole Morency, to explain again the reasons for that specific provision, under five grams, and to try to answer the honourable mem

Health committee  The requirements that are in place right now governing the production of cannabis for medical purposes are under the current legislative framework, where all cannabis, unless it's authorized by legislation, is prohibited, and thus there are stringent requirements around security

Health committee  Maybe, Mr. Chair, I could take that question. Thank you very much for the question. I am going to answer in English so that I give you a completely accurate answer. I think the legislation that is before this committee recognizes and sort of flows from consultations and discu

Health committee  That's a question that relates to the regulations. It's a good question. I'll ask my colleague Mr. Costen to answer that.

Health committee  The legislation provides for provinces and territories to be able to authorize distribution and retail in their provinces. That's the design of the bill. As it relates to the prospective coming into force of the legislation, no later than July 2018, which the government has commi

Health committee  The 30-gram amount that you find in the legislation is one of the recommendations of the task force on cannabis legalization. This was one of the key design questions that the government asked the task force to consider. After extensive consultations and careful consideration and

Health committee  That would be more in Health Canada's jurisdiction. The point that the honourable member makes is a very important one about the role that packaging and labelling, or promotion and advertising, may play in encouraging youth to use these. The legislation before the committee prov

Health committee  I would ask my colleague Ms. Thompson to respond to the honourable member's question.

Health committee  I think the legislation is clear that it contemplates a wide range of products, and that if we are going to meet the objective of displacing the illegal market, we need to be able to provide something that can actually compete with that. This would include a range of products. I

Health committee  I will say a couple of things about cultivation at home. The task force recognized in its report that there are many circumstances in which individuals grow a small number of plants, and can do so safely at home. Of course, as the health regulator, we will want to do our part to

Health committee  I am not in a position to answer the question that the honourable member has put.

Health committee  This is the question that we were discussing earlier. The legislation is designed so that provinces and territories can occupy that space and be responsible for sale and distribution. In the event that they are unable to do so by the prospective coming into force of the legislati

Health committee  Mr. Chair, I'll answer the second question and then perhaps turn to my colleague, Madame Labelle, to answer the first one. The legislation would allow indoor or outdoor cultivation. Of course, I'll also acknowledge that provinces and territories or municipalities could exercise