But given the Senate timetable, Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor conceded Thursday that’s not going to happen. In other words, legal pot won’t be available until at least early August, and possibly not until a month later. Assuming Bill C-45 is passed by the Senate by June 7, royal assent would follow almost immediately. As part of the deal struck by Sen. Peter Harder, the government’s representative in the Senate, with other Senate factions, initial debate on Bill C-45 will continue until March 22. However, the back-and-forth between the two parliamentary houses over Senate amendments has generally taken only a day or two and the Senate, thus far, has always ultimately bowed to the will of the Commons.

Source: thestar February 16, 2018 03:10 UTC