Advocacy Work

ABLE BC WORKS HARD EVERY DAY TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUR INTERESTS, PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS, AND HELP ENSURE THE PROSPERITY OF THE RETAIL CANNABIS RETAIL INDUSTRy.

ABLE BC’s team of dedicated experts provide advice and guidance to our members on a daily basis. As the voice of BC’s cannabis retail industry, we are always working to advocate on your behalf with government.

Policy Priorities

Based on the needs of our members, the private cannabis industry, and input from ABLE BC’s Cannabis Committee & Advisory, we are focusing on the following policy priorities:

  • Establish a provincial minimum distance rule between cannabis stores

  • Allow retailers to pay for wholesale purchases with credit cards

  • Reduce the 15% markup on Direct Delivery

  • Improve distribution

  • Modernize tied-house rules

  • Allow retail white-labelling between non-tied house retailers and suppliers

  • Allow cannabis sales at events

  • Create more opportunities to private cannabis retailers in ‘closed’ communities

  • Reduce business licensing fees

  • Create opportunities for licensed retailers to collaborate with indigenous groups

  • Create opportunities for licensed retailers to diversify revenue streams 

  • And more

Do you have an issue you would like ABLE BC to work on? Contact Bo Chen, Head of Cannabis Membership, at bo@ablebc.ca.