Article content

TORONTO — Ontario’s provincially-run cannabis retailer is open to sourcing product from growers of all sizes across the country, according to a spokesperson for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario.

The approach appears to be in contrast to the one taking hold in provinces such as Quebec, where the government-run Société des alcools du Québec recently opted to sign sizeable recreational cannabis supply agreements with a select few large licensed producers.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Ontario opens door to suppliers of all sizes in what will be Canada’s biggest marijuana market Back to video

It was probably the most LPs that had ever been in the same room together, talking about what's likely to be the world's biggest cannabis retailer

In Ontario, “the process for procuring cannabis supply for the (Ontario Cannabis Retail Corp.) will be open to all Canadian licensed producers,” said LCBO spokesperson Nicole Laoutaris in an email, adding that “the OCRC has not yet entered into any supplier agreements.”

The comment comes a day after the OCRC, a subsidiary of the LCBO, hosted 60 licensed producers at a “supplier prep day” in Toronto. All 90 LPs across the country were invited to Tuesday’s meeting.