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Canadian medical marijuana producers are pushing back against the e-commerce plank of Ontario’s plan to monopolize recreational cannabis sales in the province, with companies touting potentially lower costs to the taxpayer as part of their campaign to claim a share of the coming legal retail market.

Ontario announced last week it will use the province’s liquor control board to oversee the recreational cannabis market when the federal government legalizes it next summer. The province’s plan involves setting up a single retailer with approximately 150 brick-and-mortar stores by 2020, as well an online sales service that will launch by next July.

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But some producers have pointed out that there is already a federally managed mail-order system in place for medical marijuana in Canada. They have also noted comments made by the federal government that suggest Ottawa may set up a delivery system for recreational cannabis if provinces can’t meet the July 2018 target date for legalization.