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Welcome and Introduction 

John W. Conroy, QC — Conroy & Company, Abbotsford 

Cannabis as Medicine

The Law From the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to the Cannabis Act—A Brief Overview 

• The Narcotic Control Act regulations and Compassion and Buyers Clubs in the courts — from Parker to Smith and Allard

John W. Conroy, QC — Conroy & Company, Abbotsford 

Cannabis and Health Law 

• background: current regulation of cannabis — the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and the Food and Drugs Act 
  • licensing
  • allowable product forms
• proposed regulation of health products containing cannabis
  • proposed product forms — drugs, natural health products, medical devices, cosmetics and edibles
• the future of the medical cannabis regime
  • continuation of the ACMPR
  • medical insurance coverage

via video link
Sara Zborovski — Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP, Toronto

Marijuana for Medical Purposes: Weeding Through the Evidence 

• Cannabinoid Neurochemistry
• adverse health risks
• the literature on medical cannabinoids
• CFPC guidelines for "prescribing" dried cannabis

Dr. Launette Rieb — Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of BC, Vancouver 

Break

Cannabis and Impairment

An Overview Of the Drug-Impaired Driving Provisions of Bill C-46  

• this presentation will provide an overview of the proposed changes to the drug-impaired driving regime in Bill C-46, an Act to amend the Criminal Code (offences relating to conveyances) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
• it will focus on the elements relating to approved drug screening equipment, the proposed blood drug concentration offences, including the underlying scientific foundation for these elements
• the presentation will also reference a number of elements with respect to the proposed changes to alcohol-impaired driving

via video link
Joanna K. Wells — Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice, Ottawa 
Greg Yost — Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice, Ottawa 

Consumption and Workplace Issues 

• employer's duty to accommodate — medical marijuana and employees with addiction
• designing workplace drug and alcohol policies — balancing risk, privacy, and the duty to accommodate
• asesssing impairment—challenges for employers, challenges for employees
• employee benefit plans—is exclusion of medical marijuana discriminatory?

Carolyn M. MacEachern — Young Anderson, Vancouver
Laura Track — Community Legal Assistance Society, Vancouver 

Lunch (on your own)

CannaBusiness Regulation

The Regulated Cannabis Industry: Serving a New Fixture of the Economy

David Wood — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Calgary 

Cannabis and Insurance Issues 

• insurance issues generally facing the cannabis industry, including medical marijuana coverage or the lack thereof
• insurance issues involving residences, businesses, etc. in terms of patient production and LP insurance issues and current trends
• insurance issues now arising pending legalization or in anticipation thereof that need to be considered by the insurance industry

Scott Wilkins — MMIP Director, LMG Insurance Brokers Ltd., Duncan 

Break

Cross Border Issues Part 1: The Canadian Perspective 

• issues under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act 
  • criminality and organized criminality
  • possession, production, and trafficking
  • impaired driving and related offences
• cross border issues with cannabis under the Customs Act 

Peter Edelmann — Edelmann and Company, Vancouver

Cross Border Issues Part 2: The US Perspective 

• Canadian companies doing business in the US
• admissions at the US border to smoking marijuana
• what the Canadian government hasn't warned you about the cannabis border issues

Len Saunders — The Immigration Law Firm PLLC, Blaine, WA 

Closing Remarks 

John W. Conroy, QC — Conroy & Company, Abbotsford