Cannabis Marijuana: Current Issues in Legalization and Regulation 2017


Course Date: March 9, 2017

Total: 4h 23min
Course Agenda ▼

Introduction

Cannabis (Marihuana) or is it Marijuana? A Primer

  • what is it and what does it do?
  • what is its legal status? A brief history until 2016 and what happens between now and 2017
  • civil forfeiture

John W. Conroy, QC — Conroy and Company, Abbotsford
Matthew J. Jackson — Barrister & Solicitor, Vancouver
Jonathan Page, PhD — Adjunct Professor, Department of Botany, University of BC, Vancouver
Kirk I. Tousaw — Tousaw Law Corporation, Duncan

Networking Break

Legalization and the Roles for Federal, Provincial, and Local Governments

  • the Federal government—production/manufacturing by license producers, craft growers, medical and social/recreational users, international and import/export issues and Federal taxation
  • the provincial governments—recreational distribution (storefronts, online and by mail, and vapour lounges) and medical distribution (compassion clubs, dispensaries, online, and by mail) and provincial taxation
  • local governments—zoning and variation, licensing, and other bylaw issues relating to public health, safety, and local taxation

Professor Susan C. Boyd — Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria, Victoria
Sukhbir Manhas — Young Anderson, Vancouver
Kirk I. Tousaw — Tousaw Law Corporation, Duncan

Networking Lunch

Issues Arising Under Legalization: Workplace Issues

  • employment and workplace issues — the employer perspective
  • employment and workplace issues — the employee perspective

Robyn Durling — Co-Director, BC Human Rights Clinic, Vancouver
Carolyn M. MacEachern — Young Anderson, Vancouver

Ethical, Evidentiary, and Administrative Issues with Self-Represented Accused 

*From Criminal Law Perspectives 2016 (June 11, 2016)