2024-05-09 14:26:16
A request for permission to take a class action has been launched against the Société québécoise du Cannabis (SQDC), which is accused of failing to provide a description that includes the characteristics and technical specifications of products sold online, forcing consumers to make ” blind buys”.
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The class action petition, launched on behalf of Gabriel Bélanger, alleges that cannabis products sold online that have the mention of “rotating variety” in their description sheets do not comply with the Consumer Protection Act.
The latter stipulates that consumers must have access to a description that includes technical characteristics and specifications.
“By not letting you know what variety is in the product when you order, SQDC is forcing consumers to make blind purchases,” declared SGF Group (Legal Advisors and Cannabis Consultants), which hopes the Superior Court of Quebec will approve the class action for to complete all the steps leading to a trial.
The class action lawsuit is brought in favor of all individuals who purchased cannabis in the “dried flower” and “pre-rolled” categories whose variety shown on the SQDC website is “rotating variety” since October 17, 2018.
“SQDC, a state-owned company, appears to us to be in violation of its own consumer protection law, and it seems abnormal to us that cannabis consumers in Quebec are being forced to make blind purchases when purchasing cannabis on the only legal cannabis website in the province », declared Me Maxime Guérin, lawyer for the SGF Group.
SQDC wishes to contest the request
SQDC, for its part, says it has received the request for authorization to take collective action and plans to contest it.
“SQDC actually offers products whose variety is in rotation. That said, we present this peculiarity explicitly on the sheets of the few products concerned, and above all we do not force anyone to buy these products,” the state-owned company responded in an e – mail sent to QMI Agency.
“Removing varieties from rotation will limit consumer choice,” SQDC said, emphasizing that these products are among the most affordable.
“Their tree pulling may be contrary to the interests of those who seek these products and therefore harm our goal of migrating customers from the illegal market with the aim of protecting health. On the other hand, [cela] would be detrimental to our small producers, especially Quebec and craft, whose varieties in rotation allow them to make themselves known and sell their production despite smaller crops.”
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