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Senators defer on home cultivation issue, clear way for passing cannabis bill
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-senators-defer-on-home-cultivation-issue-clear-way-for-passing/OTTAWA
THE CANADIAN PRESS
PUBLISHED 54 MINUTES AGO
UPDATED JUNE 19, 2018
Senators have backed down on an amendment to the federal government’s cannabis legalization bill that would have recognized the authority of provincial governments to ban home cultivation of marijuana plants if they choose.

The Trudeau government rejected that amendment and now senators have voted 45-35 against insisting on it.

The government rejected 12 other amendments approved by the Senate, but senators felt most strongly about the home cultivation one.

With senators bowing to the will of the elected House of Commons on that issue, that clears the way for them to finally pass Bill C-45 later tonight.

Quebec and Manitoba have already decided to ban home-grown weed, despite the fact that the federal bill specifies that individuals may grow up to four plants per dwelling.

The Senate’s amendment was intended to avoid legal challenges of the provinces’ constitutional authority to prohibit home cultivation.