// Definition
Legal battles in 2016 where the City of Vancouver petitioned for injunctions to close cannabis dispensaries operating without business licenses. Lawyer Robert Lori challenged the city's petitions on procedural grounds (wrong bylaw cited: 4450 vs 3575) and filed constitutional challenges under Sections 2, 7, and 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The dispensary regulation framework was characterized as an elimination strategy rather than genuine regulation.
// From the Episode
Lori represented ~22% of Board of Variance clients. Key arguments: liquor/tobacco sold within 200m of schools but cannabis couldn't; entertainment district excluded dispensaries while permitting bars/nightclubs. Lori connected the regulatory double standard to the HSBC money laundering scandal -- banks caught facilitating cartel cash got fined $2B, nobody jailed, while cannabis businesses couldn't even open bank accounts. Kirk Tousaw collaboration on constitutional challenges.
// Source
Ep. 096 Hash Church XCIV 94 →