Quebec’s ban on homegrown cannabis plants is constitutional, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in a unanimous decision.
The ruling is in a case first brought before the courts in 2019 by Janick Murray-Hall.
The federal law allows people to grow or own up to four cannabis plants at home, but the Quebec government banned growing for personal use, with fines running between $250 and $750.
Murray-Hall’s lawyer argued that Quebec’s ban on owning and cultivating plants for personal use is unconstitutional and contradicts the federal cannabis law enacted in 2018.
On Friday, the Supreme Court emphatically disagreed.
According to the ruling, the provincial
