Agreed, but I’ll take the moratorium with Legalization any day. I think once the legislation passes, the fire storm from the other side will begin. They are going to dig up, collect and spin every facet of data and survey to throw feces at the Liberals for the change. Prepare for it. The moratorium on marketing will be in line with tobacco, so fair game. We will have to ease into any other major changes only after we ease out of the taboo.
This is the portion of the Senate Report I believe takes away the possibility of a delay, unless I’m interpreting it wrong...
23. New clauses 139.1 and 139.2, page 87: Add the following after line 31:
****(edited)139.2 (1) No proposed regulation that has been laid pursuant to section 139.1 need again be laid under that section, whether or not it has been altered.
(2) If a proposed regulation that has been laid pursuant to subsection 139.1(1) is made without including an alteration recommended by a committee of either House of Parliament respecting that proposed regulation, the Minister must cause a report explaining why the alteration was not made to be laid before each House of Parliament.
(3) A regulation may be made under subsection 139(1) without it being laid before either House of Parliament if the Minister is of the opinion that the changes made by the regulation to an existing regulation are so immaterial or insubstantial that section 139.1 should not be applicable in the circumstances.
(4) A regulation made under subsection 139(1) may be made without it being laid before either House of Parliament if the Minister is of the opinion that the making of the regulation is so urgent that section 139.1 should not be applicable in the circumstances.
(5) If the Minister forms the opinion described in subsection (3) or (4), he or she must cause a report that includes the reasons why he or she formed that opinion to be laid before each House of Parliament.
