Canadian pot legalisation packs budget cone by $400m a year

Monday, 22 October 2018

Recreational cannabis became legal in Canada on 17 October, in a move that is expected to raise $400 million a year for federal and provincial governments.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.