09-06-2018 00:21 via ottawacitizen.com

Cannabis industry alarmed over amendment requiring shareholders' identities to be made public

The cannabis industry is alarmed by an amendment in Canada’s proposed marijuana law that would require companies to make public the identities of shareholders.
A public list of investors is needed to prevent organized crime from infiltrating the industry when recreational marijuana is legalized, said senators who adopted the amendment.
Canadian medical cannabis companies have already received millions of dollars from “anonymous rich investors” based in offshore tax havens in th
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