| Cannabis Act | |
|---|---|
| Parliament of Canada | |
| |
| Passed by | House of Commons |
| Passed | June 19, 2018 |
| Enacted by | Senate |
| Royal assent | June 21, 2018 |
| Effective | October 17, 2018 |
| Legislative history | |
| First chamber: House of Commons | |
| Bill title | C-45 |
| Introduced by | Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice |
| First reading | April 13, 2017 |
| Second reading | June 8, 2017 |
| Third reading | November 27, 2017 |
| Committee report | Report 12[1] |
| Second chamber: Senate | |
| Bill title | C-45 |
| First reading | November 28, 2017 |
| Second reading | March 22, 2018 |
| Third reading | June 7, 2018 |
| Status: In force | |
The Cannabis Act[a] (French: Loi sur le cannabis, also known as Bill C-45) is a law which legalized recreational cannabis use in Canada in combination with its companion legislation Bill C-46, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code.[2] The law is a milestone in the legal history of cannabis in Canada, alongside the 1923 prohibition.
The bill was passed by the House of Commons in late November 2017,[3] and in the Senate on June 7, 2018, and the House accepted some Senate amendments and sent the bill back to the Senate on June 18.[4][5] The Senate then passed the final version of the bill on June 19,[6][7] and it received Royal Assent on June 21.[8] Canada is the second country in the world to legalize recreational cannabis nationwide after Uruguay.
- ^ "HESA - Bill C-45, Cannabis Act". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
- ^ "gnb.ca: "Report of the New Brunswick Working Group on the Legalization of Cannabis"" (PDF). gnb.ca. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
- ^ "Federal marijuana legislation approved by House of Commons, moves on to Senate". The Globe and Mail. November 27, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
- ^ Senate votes to pass recreational legalization of pot, bill now goes back to House of Commons, CBC News, June 7, 2018
- ^ Anapol, Avery (June 18, 2018). "Canada's House of Commons votes to legalize marijuana". The Hill. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ "Senate passes cannabis legalization bill in final vote". CTVNews. June 19, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ "Marijuana legalization Bill C-45 officially passes Senate vote, heading for royal assent". Global News. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ "Senate House of Commons". Parliament of Canada. June 21, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
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