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Senate passes cannabis legalization bill in final vote

The Senate has voted to pass Bill C-45, the government’s legislation to legalize cannabis. After more than a year of intensive study in both the House and Senate, the major social policy change has passed its final legislative hurdle, meaning that recreational marijuana will soon be legal across Canada. All that is left will be Royal Assent to officially pass the bill. 5

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Canada's Senate has passed cannabis bill

Canada's Senate has passed Bill C-45, the law that will legalize cannabis, sending it to Royal Assent.

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