Cannabis Act
The Cannabis Act (French: Loi sur le cannabis, also known as Bill C-45) is a law which legalized recreational cannabis use in Canada in combination with its companion legislation Bill C-46, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code. The law is a milestone in the legal history of cannabis in Canada, alongside the 1923 prohibition.
| Cannabis Act | |
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| Parliament of Canada | |
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| Passed by | House of Commons |
| Passed | June 19, 2018 |
| Enacted by | Senate |
| Royal assent | June 21, 2018 |
| Effective | October 17, 2018 |
| Legislative history | |
| First chamber: House of Commons | |
| Bill title | C-45 |
| Introduced by | Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice |
| First reading | April 13, 2017 |
| Second reading | June 8, 2017 |
| Third reading | November 27, 2017 |
| Committee report | Report 12 |
| Second chamber: Senate | |
| Bill title | C-45 |
| First reading | November 28, 2017 |
| Second reading | March 22, 2018 |
| Third reading | June 7, 2018 |
| Status: In force | |
The bill was passed by the House of Commons in late November 2017, and in the Senate on June 7, 2018, and the House accepted some Senate amendments and sent the bill back to the Senate on June 18. The Senate then passed the final version of the bill on June 19, and it received Royal Assent on June 21. Canada is the second country in the world to legalize recreational cannabis nationwide after Uruguay.
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