Cannabis Act

Cannabis Act
Parliament of Canada
  • An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts
Passed byHouse of Commons
PassedJune 19, 2018
Enacted bySenate
Royal assentJune 21, 2018
EffectiveOctober 17, 2018
Legislative history
First chamber: House of Commons
Bill titleC-45
Introduced byJody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice
First readingApril 13, 2017
Second readingJune 8, 2017
Third readingNovember 27, 2017
Committee reportReport 12[1]
Second chamber: Senate
Bill titleC-45
First readingNovember 28, 2017
Second readingMarch 22, 2018
Third readingJune 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.

  1. ^ "HESA - Bill C-45, Cannabis Act". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  2. ^ "gnb.ca: "Report of the New Brunswick Working Group on the Legalization of Cannabis"" (PDF). gnb.ca. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  3. ^ "Federal marijuana legislation approved by House of Commons, moves on to Senate". The Globe and Mail. November 27, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  4. ^ Senate votes to pass recreational legalization of pot, bill now goes back to House of Commons, CBC News, June 7, 2018
  5. ^ Anapol, Avery (June 18, 2018). "Canada's House of Commons votes to legalize marijuana". The Hill. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  6. ^ "Senate passes cannabis legalization bill in final vote". CTVNews. June 19, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  7. ^ "Marijuana legalization Bill C-45 officially passes Senate vote, heading for royal assent". Global News. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  8. ^ "Senate House of Commons". Parliament of Canada. June 21, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2021.


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