If Alberta is the wild west, Ontario a bureaucratic capital, and the Maritimes smooth sailing for cannabis retail sales, Québec’s approach is decidedly Québec. This
Author: Jon Liedtke
Jon Liedtke is an occasional reporter and opinion columnist, a regular panelist on Rose City Politics, and a consultant focusing on business development, cannabis, event planning, and marketing, as well as an entrepreneur who founded Higher Limits, Canada’s largest cannabis lounge 2016-2019.
He has been featured in The Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the National Post, CBC, CTV, the Detroit Free Press, the Detroit News, and Al Jazeera, as well as numerous other local outlets across Canada.
Cannabis in the Maritimes: A Retail Overview
If Alberta is the wild west and Ontario a bureaucratic capital, things move relatively smoothly in the Maritimes when it comes to cannabis retail. All
Ontario Cannabis Retail Overview
In this piece we conduct an overview of the cannabis retail scene in Ontario to get a sense of what it’s like to open up shop, what’s moving, how cannabis 2.0 impacted business, whether market saturation is of concern, and how COVID-19 affected operations.
Alberta Cannabis Retail: The Wild West
With a population of 4.3 million, Alberta accounts for roughly 11.5 percent of the Canadian population, and with 466 cannabis providers listed on the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) website, that’s a whole lot of access.
