[ohrus]

It's a new market. Out of the gate companies over-promised and overspent (Tweed stores, as mentioned in the article, were way over the top). The market, from my mere consumer perspective, is just fine.

I am incredibly curious but short for time to investigate further. Is the George Smitherman mentioned in this article the very same one listed in all of these interesting stories? Big financial ties to the industry. My conspiracy radar suggests this piece has a motive.

https://torontolife.com/tag/george-smitherman/

[dubcanada]

I would agree, it's the first trial run and it went rather well. Now just iterate on it a bit and it will progress or settle down. It's not like alcohol companies all stayed. The amount of wine/vodka/beer/what ever startup -> bust stores are way more then a few large cannabis producers.