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On December 13, Ontario announced significant changes to its cannabis retail licensing system. In response to concerns about shortages in the supply of legally produced cannabis, Ontario will only be licensing 25 retail locations in advance of April 1, 2019. Instead of making the licensing application available on December 17, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) will be holding a lottery on January 11, 2019, to determine who will be eligible to apply for the first 25 licenses. The AGCO will be accepting “expressions of interest” between January 7-9, which will allow prospective applicants to enter the lottery process.
Expressions of interest will be tied to a particular region and the initial 25 licenses will be distributed among five regions as follows:
Region | Licenses |
North | 2 |
East | 5 |
West | 7 |
City of Toronto | 5 |
GTA (consisting of Durham, York, Peel and Halton regions) | 6 |
A full description of the above-noted regions can be found in the text of Ontario Regulation 497/18. The government has stated that the lottery system is a temporary measure that will only be used until it is satisfied there is adequate legal supply.
Other key points of the new regulation:
The new regulation will stay in effect until December 13, 2019, or until the government decides to amend it.
Municipal opt-ins and opt-outs
The AGCO is maintaining a list of municipalities who have opted into or opted out of allowing cannabis retail stores within the their boundaries. This list can be accessed on the AGCO’s website here. The AGCO is also maintaining a list of First Nations communities who have similarly opted into or out of permitting retail stores within their boundaries, which is available here. Municipalities and First Nations communities have three days within passing an opt-out or opt-in resolution to notify the AGCO of their decisions.
AGCO’s retail standards
The AGCO also held part 2 of its Cannabis Licensing webinar series on December 14. In that webinar, the AGCO discussed its standards that were released on December 5. As we previously reported, the standards provide some clarity to what kind of advertising and promotion will be permitted inside and outside retail cannabis stores. The standards also provide some guidance on permitted sensory display containers as well as security expectations and surveillance requirements. The full version of the AGCO’s standards is available here.
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The author wishes to thank articling student Daniel Weiss for his help in preparing this legal update.
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