Canada's Legal Cannabis Industry ECON121: CASE FOR UNIT TEST on February 3, 2021 This information has been taken from the following articles: Macleans: "Puff luck: Provincial pot websites have hugely uneven supply and selection" https://www.macleans.ca/economy/business/provincial-pot-websites-supply-analysis/ Sept19, 2019 BNN Bloomberg: "The good, the bad and the ugly from Canada's first year of legal pot" https://www.bonbloomberg.ca/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-from-canada-s-first-year-of-legal-pot- 1.1330342 Oct 11, 2019 In the Fall of 2018, Canada became the second country in the world - and the first developed nation - t legalize recreational adult use of cannabis. Cannabis emerged as a growth driver, contributing $8.26 billion to Canada's GDP as of July while accounting for 9,200 people currently working in the sector, according to Statistics Canada From a public policy standpoint, legalizing pot gave the government an opportunity keep cannabis out o the hands of youth while collecting tax revenue - even if it lower than what was expected - and make sure it doesn't stay in the underground economy. Also, by regulating the product and setting standards on how legal cannabis should be produced, pot users will be able to consume the drug safely without any unknown additives. For all the optimism that legalizing pot brought, the industry encountered several problems over the course of the year getting products into the hands of customers. Here's an example: At midnight on Oct. 17, 2018-the second it became legal to sell cannabis-Christopher Duffitt was ready. His store, Puff Puff Pass Head Shop, opened its doors to a lineup of customers in Clarenville, Nild a town of 6,300 people northwest of St. John's. But it quickly became clear that the business wouldn't be open for long