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As lineups continue outside Société québécoise du cannabis stores, who stands to profit from Quebecers’ apparently insatiable demand for pot?

While the SQDC itself is a crown corporation, its six suppliers are all private companies.

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Five of the six are publicly traded, which means that in most cases their ownership is spread out among stock market investors. The only SQDC supplier that isn’t listed on a stock market, MedReleaf, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of another supplier, Aurora Cannabis.

Publicly-traded companies are required to disclose the names of insiders — a category that includes both their senior managers and people who hold more than 10 per cent of the shares in the company. Here’s who is profiting the most from cannabis legalization in Quebec, according to filings with securities regulators:

Aphria

— Based in Leamington, Ont., Aprhria has a three-year deal to sell 12,000 kg of cannabis a year to the SQDC. But consumers won’t see Aprhia’s name on the package. Instead it sells cannabis in Quebec under the brand names Riff and Solei.