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An Act respecting cannabis and to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, the Criminal Code and other Acts. Summary: This enactment enacts the Cannabis Act to provide legal access to cannabis and to control and regulate its production, distribution and sale. The objectives of the Act are to prevent young persons from accessing cannabis, to protect...

The Quebec Class Action Trial: Canada’s Three Tobacco Companies Ordered To Pay More than 15 Billion to Quebec Victims.

Holding the tobacco industry accountable for its illegal activities, whether through criminal charges or civil suits, serves a number of public health objectives. These objectives include acting as a deterrent to prevent industry misconduct in the future and affording victims, including governments, the opportunity to recover financial losses caused by misconduct.

Holding the tobacco industry accountable for its illegal activities, whether through criminal charges or civil suits, serves a number of public health objectives. These objectives include acting as a deterrent to prevent industry misconduct in the future and affording victims, including governments, the opportunity to recover financial losses caused by misconduct.

Holding the tobacco industry accountable for its illegal activities, whether through criminal charges or civil suits, serves a number of public health objectives. These objectives include acting as a deterrent to prevent industry misconduct in the future, and, affording victims, including governments, the opportunity to recover financial losses caused by misconduct.

Holding the tobacco industry accountable for its illegal activities, whether through criminal charges or civil suits, serves a number of public health objectives. These objectives include acting as a deterrent to prevent industry misconduct in the future, and, affording victims, including governments, the opportunity to recover financial losses caused by misconduct.

Download the Government of Ontario’s 2003 Statement of Claim against the tobacco industry in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

Download Robert N. Proctor’s expert report submitted in the Quebec class action lawsuits (Letourneau vs. Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. et al. and Conseil québécois sur le tabac e la santé vs. JTI-Macdonald Corp. et al.)

Holding the tobacco industry accountable for its illegal activities, whether through criminal charges or civil suits, serves a number of public health objectives. These objectives include acting as a deterrent to prevent industry misconduct in the future, and, affording victims, including governments, the opportunity to recover financial losses caused by misconduct.