Ever wonder why your wallet feels so much lighter after buying your favourite cannabis products?

Unfortunately, it's because Canada excessively taxes cannabis products at every stage of the production, distribution, and retail process. These exorbitant taxes are stifling the growth and sustainability of the legal cannabis industry, harming businesses, consumers, and the economy as a whole.

Why Lower Cannabis Taxes?

Economic Impact: High taxes inflate prices, making legal cannabis less affordable and pushing consumers toward the illicit market. This undermines the goals of legalization and reduces tax revenue.

Business Viability: Over-taxation squeezes profit margins, making it difficult for cannabis businesses to operate sustainably. Many small and medium-sized enterprises struggle to stay afloat or face closure.

Innovation and Investment: High taxes deter investment and stifle innovation. Investors are less inclined to commit capital to a heavily taxed industry, limiting growth and innovation.

Job Losses: Business closures due to over-taxation lead to job losses, impacting employees, suppliers, and local communities.

Social Equity: High taxes disproportionately affect lower-income individuals, exacerbating socioeconomic disparities and undermining efforts to promote social equity.

Market Competitiveness: Legal cannabis businesses are at a disadvantage compared to illicit operators who do not face the same tax burden, eroding their market share.

Consumer Access to Medical Cannabis: High taxes pose barriers to access for medical cannabis patients, compromising their health and well-being.

Public Health and Safety: Excessive taxation perpetuates the illicit market, where product quality and safety are unregulated, risking consumer health.

Legal Compliance: High taxes create incentives for tax evasion and illicit market activity, undermining regulatory goals.

International Competitiveness: High taxes put Canadian businesses at a disadvantage in the global market, limiting export opportunities.

We believe it's time to take action and fight for lower cannabis taxes. By advocating for a more reasonable and balanced taxation framework, we can support the growth and sustainability of the legal cannabis industry, promote economic prosperity, and ensure equitable access to safe and regulated cannabis products for all Canadians.

Join us in our campaign to lower cannabis taxes and create a more inclusive cannabis landscape in Canada. Sign this petition to urge the government to reform cannabis taxation policies and pave the way for a brighter future for the cannabis industry and its stakeholders.

About FAIR Cannabis

FAIR Cannabis is an advocacy group dedicated to promoting fair and inclusive cannabis policies in Canada. We aim to create a regulated cannabis market that prioritizes public health, safety, and social equity.