Ontario plans new tools to fight illegal cannabis shops, but legal sellers want more

New legislation would let the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario inspect, seize illegal products and issue fines.

Share of Ontario cannabis sales that are illegal

30 %

Illegal shops still make up about 30 per cent of cannabis sales in Ontario, according to the Attorney General's ministry.

"People don't buy illegally because they want to break the law. They buy because it's easy."

— Mike Dunn, 1922 Cannabis, Toronto