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The CEO of Aurora Cannabis says that Ontario and British Columbia “shat the bed” when rolling out their retail models for recreational cannabis, and that the only provinces that “got it right” were Alberta and “perhaps Saskatchewan.”

“I would say Ontario shat the bed the worst,” Terry Booth told a panel session at the Marijuana Business Conference — also known as MJ Biz Con — in Las Vegas on Thursday.

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Booth’s comments, at times laced with profanity, were met with a mix of laughter and shock by the audience, who were attending the session titled “Canada: Assessing the First Month of Recreational Sales.”

Canada has struggled to meet demand for recreational weed, with some licensed producers pointing the blame at the distribution methods employed by certain provinces, and provinces saying that they did not receive enough product from producers.