Cannabis taxes brought in $186 million in five and a half months – Global News

Ottawa and the provinces made $186 million from various taxes on cannabis from last October through the end of March, numbers released Wednesday show.The provinces took the lion’s share of that money, with $132 million in combined sales tax and excise tax revenue; the federal treasury took in $55 million.Governments face a dilemma taxing cannabis, says Brock University business professor Michael Armstrong.Story continues belowRelated