Marijuana delivery proposed as a way to save Canada Post

Canadians consume marijuana. They smoke it. They eat it. They use its extracts and derivatives.

Statistics Canada found that 43 per cent of Canadians over the age of 15 have tried the drug and 33.5 per cent have used it more than once.

Furthermore, in a 2015 poll by Forum Research just under one-fifth of participants, or 18 per cent, admitted to having consumed the drug in the past year, with an added 13 per cent saying they would be more likely to do so if it were legal.

And with Canada lurching towards legalization, many businesses are looking to get into the market, including Canada Post.

A task force studying the floundering Crown Corporation released a 94-page discussion paper earlier this week that found “fundamental and transformational changes” are need to save it from having to be propped up by taxpayers.

One of the changes suggested...

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