Towards a More Equitable Cannabis Industry in Ontario: Enabling an Inclusive, Diverse, and Vibrant Legal Market
In this report, the CDPE aims to inform Ontario’s cannabis retail sector by offering actionable steps to strengthen inclusion and diversity in Ontario’s cannabis industry based on available evidence and best practices in other jurisdictions with legal cannabis markets. It begins by discussing the state of diversity and inclusion in Ontario’s cannabis industry, then explores how inclusion and diversity in the legal cannabis retail sector has been pursued elsewhere, before offering evidence-informed strategic priorities and considerations to strengthen inclusion and diversity in Ontario’s cannabis industry.
Priorities and considerations to strengthen inclusion and diversity of equity-deserving groups in Ontario’s cannabis retail sector are made across four strategic areas:
- New Pathways into Ontario’s Legal Cannabis Industry for Equity-Deserving Groups,
- Social Equity Programs to Facilitate Access to Ontario’s Legal Cannabis Industry,
- Diversity Among Ontario’s Broader Legal Cannabis Industry, and
- Systematic Data Collection to Monitor Diversity in Ontario’s Legal Cannabis Industry.
A summary of the strategic priorities and considerations is also available.
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