Day 2: The New Cannabis Landscape 2018
Course Date: June 8, 2018
Total: 6h 1min
Course Date: June 8, 2018
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
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