An open letter to Prime Minister Carney from Canada's $7B cannabis industry
Paul McCarthy is the president and CEO of the Cannabis Council of Canada. This letter is endorsed by more than 50 CEOs across Canada's legal cannabis sector. Full list of signatories available at cannabis-council.ca
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