Cannabis Retail Store Licensing

Expression of Interest Lottery Selection Results

As set out in Ontario Regulation 468/18, the Government of Ontario gave the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) the mandate to hold a lottery to determine who may apply for Retail Operator Licences. The lottery selection was completed on January 11, 2019 at 3:16 pm EST.

Eligible Expression of Interest Application entries were placed in a common pool and randomly selected using a third-party-certified AGCO lottery software program. KPMG, in its role as fairness monitor, was present to monitor the lottery to assess whether it was conducted fairly and according to the Expression of Interest Lottery Rules.

Expression of Interest Applicants should have their AGCO file number that was provided in their Application Confirmation email available when checking the lottery results. If you have a question about the lottery results please submit your inquiry via the iAGCO inquiries portal.

The tables below show:

The Expressions of Interest (EOI) Applicants for each Region that were selected in the lottery. Those on the Selected List for each Region will receive a Notification Letter from the Registrar that will confirm their selection and outline the next steps including how to make a Retail Operator Licence application to the AGCO. The first 20 EOI Applicants drawn on the Wait List for each Region. As set out in Lottery Rule 17, an EOI Applicant that is first on a Wait List for a Region will be moved to the Selected List for that Region if a selected EOI Applicant for that Region is disqualified from the Lottery Process by the Registrar, declines the opportunity to make a licence application, withdraws their EOI Application, withdraws an application for a Retail Operator License, or has their Retail Operator License refused or revoked by the Registrar.

Once the AGCO has verified the disqualification or withdrawal of a selected Expression of Interest (EOI) Applicant, AGCO will contact EOI Applicants on the Wait List by email. Those Applicants will be provided a Notification Letter, consistent with EOI Lottery Rule 15.

Applicants on the Wait List should be prepared to meet the requirements of Lottery Rule 16 and the Notification Letter will clearly set out equivalent durations for the timeline expectations, including the application submission timelines and the schedule on which the standby Letter of Credit will be drawn down, consistent with EOI Lottery Rule 18.

Finally, AGCO has been clear that interested parties to the Lottery Process should be prepared to open a cannabis retail store on April 1, 2019, and that the Lottery Rules were established with that intent. Any exercise of the Registrar’s discretion with respect to Rule 16a will be on a case-by-case basis.

Expression of Interest applicants on the selected and wait lists should consult the following additional information.

Results by Region

*The first 6-digit number below is the applicant’s Expression of Interest Lottery file number. This number will not match the RSA File number which is assigned by iAGCO during the Public Notice process.

Selected: East Region Daniel Telio 428720 (RSA #445820)

Brandon long 427764 (RSA #441338)

Patterson and Lavoie 413159 (RSA #443356)

PURE ALPHA HOLDINGS 414955 (RSA #443269)

Karan Someshwar 419068 (RSA #445624)

Wait List: East Region RASHI ONTARIO INCORPORATED 422563

Rebecca Donna Gunn 405829

kytsenko holdings ltd 410686

Mohawk-Cana 400408

Dalbeer Brar 413524

Jordan Druxerman 415815

Richard Carter 430609

David Gerry Cynamon 403628

Ikeji Chinyere Julieth 414435

2489820 Ontario Inc 425950

CHAHIRA SALEH 410025

Rachel Martinez 403845

Andrew Rodricks 427934

Lisa James 420330

1906737 ontario limited 419882

Claude Phillip LaFleche 397696

Tiffany Doris MacKay Chen 425238

Constantine Nicitopoulos 413582

Dana Gold 417446

Antoinette Davies 421622

Selected: GTA Region Guruveer Singh Sangha 421776 (RSA #446183)

David Nguyen 423565 (RSA #440937)

Tripsetter Inc. 427833 (RSA #438391)

Alexander Altman 414725 (RSA #449437)

CGS FOODS INC 407223 (RSA #454521)

Gary Hatt 416473 Disqualified - Rule 2(b) Kyle Hildebrand 423894 (Licence Refused)

Wait List: GTA Region Jean-Sebastien Leroux 428412

Milka Subotic 423491

YOU WILL NEVER WALK ALONE 422277

Bradley Luke Ufkes 412952

Shelly Ordon 420632

Daniel Victor Jolic 422530

Elsa Li 422588

barbara dahan 406296

2645049 Ontario Ltd 415764

Melanie Lynn Macnab 398285

shahram kouhbad 405050

delroy lindsay 419894

Jerry Cappiello 400993

High Miles Incorporated 421711

Jonathan Andrew Teixeira 422256

Taheer Datoo 401614

Sean post 399457

CannDelta Inc 414613

Chris Gray 421949 1951594 Ontario Inc. 403358

Selected: North Region Anton Lucic 428024 (RSA #442335)

Saturninus Partners 423124 (RSA #461480)

Wait List: North Region Arielle Grinberg 397964

Christopher Douglas Emmons 421016

Blanchart Arunasalam 416172

RuzHal Canna Corp. 415415

Christina Kelly 418879

Eden Ifergan 427410

2600207 Ontario Inc. 420297

Jayde McElroy 424348

Justin Femia 412039

Com3xprt Inc 420369

Makwa Resourcing Inc. 421295

NEWMAN ROSENBERG INC. 421442

Lena Triebe 408949

11183362 CANADA INC 412344

Kuljeet Kaur Kang 429133

Scott Sheehey 409050

Manan Shah 408473

Alexander Shorser 430101

Sabrina Brown 426854

Ishrat Muhammad 405423

Selected: Toronto Region Heather Conlon 398788 (RSA #442089)

SEYEDARASH SEYEDAMERI 425239 (RSA #442838)

Colin Campbell 399836 (RSA #440048)

Dana Michele Kendal 408389 (RSA #440739)

Hunny Gawri 423754 (RSA #445646)

Wait List: Toronto Region THCBD Group 406153

Filmon Gebremeskel 422797

Shane McCaffrey 412082

Timothy Richardson 401875

Steven Bromstein 421328

Sanjjeyan Jegathesan 412882

Caryn Humphreys 412770

Vac-Pod Inc. 409277

Three Thirty 426850

Shayan Sharafi 424479

Amandip Singh Chatha 399324

EJR INC. 416312

RedEye Dispensary 408478

Henry Noel Cavan 399418

Tam Khuong 405666

Best Insulation GTA inc. 422533

KS Capital Inc. 399856

Maria Isabel Guzman 424389

Brendan Sullivan 402643

TBD 416308

Selected: West Region Steven Fry 408185 (RSA #472551)

Lisa A Bigioni 412975 (RSA #437168)

Ranjit basra 428461 (RSA #450633)

2674253 Ontario Inc. 405886 (RSA #445789)

Santino J Coppolino 411369 (RSA #442877)

Christopher Comrie 425836 (RSA #444992)

The Niagara Herbalist 399235 (RSA #443815)

Wait List: West Region 836171553RT0001 405757 Mike Duellick 408990

2665475 ONTARIO CORP. 414619

Paul A. Beneteau 428143

Ashley Usher 415319

Jonathon Graham 398481

Crystal and Nathan Wymenga 394897

Jonathan Buma 397769

James Clifford Willougbhy 422939

David MacAleese 415305

GTYOUNG MANAGEMENT 405955

Brandon Poole 431034

Antonios Theodosiou 406338

2673839 ONTARIO LTD. 420918

Dev Pahwa 410623

Tara Brox 420482

Yahya Heydari 423211

Builders Buying Group Canada Inc. 404766

Salim Pradhan 428958

Trudy Westhaver 397307

During the Lottery Process if an Expression of Interest Applicant on a Wait List for a Region is moved to the Selected List for that Region, as set out in Lottery Rule 17, the table will be updated.

Full List of Expression of Interest Entries

View the full list of EOI entries drawn during the lottery (iAGCO file number and Legal Name). Available in .csv format under an Open Government Licence.

This Lottery results list contains all entries by region in the order in which they were selected for which applicants expressed interest in the cannabis retail expression of interest lottery. It includes each Applicant’s legal name, and the iAGCO file number.

An applicant who indicated interest in multiple regions will have multiple, separate entries on this list (i.e., one for each entry).

Please note that this .csv file will be amended from time to time to reflect the removal of names from the wait list in accordance with Rule 13 c) ii). Those choosing to exercise this option will no longer be considered for the opportunity to apply for a cannabis retail store during the time period covered by the Lottery Process.

As part of ongoing due diligence, the AGCO has conducted a review of the Expressions of Interest (EOI) that had been submitted after the close of the EOI Application window on January 9, 2019 and before the Lottery was held on January 11. Clear violations of the Lottery Rules were identified and reviewed with KPMG, the Fairness Monitor for this Lottery Process. Those Applications were disqualified and were not included in the Lottery. Disqualified Applications do not appear on this list but can be viewed in a separate list on the AGCO website.

In cases where there may be violations of the rules that could not be confirmed with certainty, the Applications were allowed to remain in the Lottery. All Applications that appear under the Selected list within a Region will undergo a thorough eligibility review, including for compliance with the Lottery Rules. In addition, as set out in Lottery Rule 2, EOI Applicants in the Lottery Process who are selected to apply for a licence must use the same legal name and applicant type identified on the Expression of Interest Application in their Retail Operator Licence Application.

As set out in Lottery Rule 5, at any time during the Lottery Process (January 2, 2019 to December 13, 2019), if the Registrar determines that an Expression of Interest Applicant has not followed the requirements in Ontario Regulation 468/18, or the Expression of Interest Lottery Rules, that Applicant will be disqualified from the Lottery Process. Any pending application for a Retail Operator Licence will be considered abandoned. If a Retail Operator Licence has been issued, the Registrar will revoke the licence.

View the list of EOI Applications that were disqualified from the lottery (iAGCO file number only).

Additionally, as set out in Rule 5 at any time during the Lottery Process, if the Registrar determines that an Expression of Interest Applicant has not followed the requirements in Ontario Regulation 468/18, or the Expression of Interest Lottery Rules, that Applicant will be disqualified from the Lottery Process. Any pending application for a Retail Operator Licence will be considered abandoned. If a Retail Operator Licence has been issued, the Registrar will revoke the licence.