Edit: I thought you were the one with your definitions reversed but it seem news organizations and stories actually seem to also use contradictory definition.
Those two articles don't seem to contradict each other. They are both using legalization and decriminalization in the same way (i'm pretty sure).
The globalnews article talks a bit about how the Liberals tried decriminalizing it in the past and failed. And Justin Trudeau saying why they won't decriminalize before they legalize it. But the focus is on the legalization/regulation of it next year. It is not using those two interchangeably.
The globalnews article talks a bit about how the Liberals tried decriminalizing it in the past and failed. And Justin Trudeau saying why they won't decriminalize before they legalize it. But the focus is on the legalization/regulation of it next year. It is not using those two interchangeably.