For many of Canada’s cannabis entrepreneurs, legalization has not been all they’d hoped it would be. And without changes to the legal regime governing pot, they say, the fragile industry could wither away.
Six years after the legislative journey toward legal recreational cannabis began, the rules surrounding the sector are being reviewed by the federal government. In the meantime, say two entrepreneurs, the mood of many in the business has turned from hope to gloom.
“There were a lot of highs, but they were quickly diminished with all the lows that happen afterwards,” said Rita Hall, who along with Mark German founded