OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is moving to ensure the Senate doesn’t hold up its plans to legalize recreational marijuana in July. Conservative Senate Leader Larry Smith last week denied his senators plan to be “obstructionist” but he said they will insist on a thorough examination of the legislation. C-45 has been before the Senate since November and so far only one Conservative senator has joined the debate. Barring the imposition of time allocation, Senate rules allow debate to be delayed indefinitely as long as a single senator still wants to speak. The Senate would have to pass the bill by the end of May at the latest for marijuana sales to start in July.

Source: National Post February 13, 2018 22:07 UTC