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Canada looks to raise $1B in Recreational Ganja Taxes

By Magic 103.7November 13, 2017Updated:January 16, 2018No Comments1 Min Read
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Soon-to-be legal recreational marijuana sales in Canada could bring in up to Can $1 billion (US$800 million) annually into Government coffers, an official has said.

“If the market is somewhere in the neighbourhood of 400,000 kilos (440 tons)… then the tax impact of that would be somewhere in the neighbourhood of Can$1 billion,” said MP and former Toronto police chief Bill Blair, who has been tasked with overseeing the set-up of the new regime.

“That’s a very high estimate, in my opinion,” he added, stressing that the actual size of the recreational pot market is not yet known.

Ottawa is scheduled to legalise cannabis next July after having already permitted its use for medical care.

One of the major considerations in the country’s cannabis taxation policy is to keep costs low enough to undercut the illicit pot market.

The authorities have proposed a 10 per cent excise tax on marijuana in addition to applying sales taxes of up to 15 per cent, with amounts varying across jurisdictions.

The proceeds would be split with the provinces, which have announced a patchwork of public and private sector retail sales for cannabis.

Source: Jamaica Observer

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