A group convened by the federal government to study the legislation that made cannabis legal is recommending the country review one of the industry’s biggest gripes: excise taxes charged to pot producers.
A report compiling 54 recommendations from the five-person expert panel released Thursday urged Finance Canada to consider a new model that would increase excise taxes on products with high quantities of tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabis’s psychoactive component, and lower fees on those with smaller amounts.