The Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC; Quebec Cannabis Corporation) is the
Crown corporation
Crown corporation ()
is the term used in Canada for organizations that are structured like private companies, but are directly and wholly owned by the government.
Crown corporations have a long-standing presence in the country, and have a sign ...
which operates the
legal monopoly
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on
recreational cannabis sales in the
Canadian
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province of
Quebec
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. SQDC is incorporated as a subsidiary of the
Société des alcools du Québec
The Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ; ) is a provincial state-owned enterprise and monopoly in Quebec responsible for the trade of alcoholic beverages, and via subsidiary, cannabis, within the province.
Organization
The official legisla ...
(SAQ). It was tabled in the
National Assembly of Quebec
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on November 16, 2017, and was officially adopted on June 12, 2018.
Financing
Under the Act respecting the Société des alcools du Québec,
the SQDC's revenues from the sale of cannabis must be used for the following purposes:
* The elimination of any deficit that the SQDC may incur;
* The transfer to be made by the Minister of Finance each year to the Cannabis Prevention and Research Fund, and also the prevention of the use of psychoactive substances, as well as the fight against related harms.
See also
*
Cannabis in Quebec
References
External links
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{{Cannabis in Canada
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