
Toronto
1006 Dundas St W, Toronto, ON , Canada
M6J 1W6
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Flower Pot is here to help you navigate the legal cannabis market. We are fully independent, with a rich history in the legacy market and a genuine interest in seeing retail cannabis benefit consumers and communities around the country. We are on a mission to share our lifetime of experience – dispelling the myths about the plant and its consumption, and ensuring our shoppers have a positive experience every time.
Canadian Cannabis Has Added $43.5 Billion to Canada's GDP Since Legalization
Legalizing cannabis seemed like a risky bet for Trudeau over 3 years ago. However as we pass year 3 of legalization the industry seems to be in robust health! Consumption is widely accepted across the country and the sky has certainly not fallen as the reefer madness campaigners had wanted you to believe. In addition, Cannabis has contributed $43.5 B to Canada's GDP since legalization on October 17th, 2018 according to Deloitte.
Highlights from the Deloitte report:
Legal recreational cannabis sales have grown from $1.6B in 2018 to $3.9B in 2021. This is an increase of 143% and totals to over $11B in that time. It is also estimated an additional $29B was generated through capital expenditures in no small part to the large construction projects needed to develop the facilities to both grow and distribute cannabis across Canada.
Moreover, the industry has generated over 151,000 jobs and put over $15B into government coffers. Another way of looking at the economic contribution is that for every $1.00 of revenue or capital expenditure the industry adds $1.09 to Canada's GDP which shows a positive return which all successful industries need to have.
The $15B in tax revenue generated can be bro...
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