Creating a new provincial retailer, overseen by the LCBO, to ensure safe and socially responsible distribution of recreational cannabis through stand-alone stores and an online order service. Approximately 150 stand-alone stores will open by 2020, including 40 stores by July 2018, rising to 80 by July 2019;

Setting a minimum age of 19 to use, buy, possess and cultivate cannabis;

Banning the use of cannabis in public places, workplaces and motor vehicles

Regulating the smoking and vaping of medical cannabis under the SFOA 2017.

After the June provincial election, the new PC government changed the cannabis retail model. Instead of stand-alone LCBO-run storefronts, cannabis will only be available for purchase via an online retail platform provided by the Ontario Cannabis Store as of October 17th. The government also announced that consultations would begin immediately for a private retail model that will launch by April 1, 2019.