As part of the 2025 Ontario budget, the Ford government is moving to ease the display restrictions governing cannabis stores in what officials say is an attempt to boost security.
Billed as an attempt to "[help] grow Ontario's cannabis sector" and to increase "comfort, security and safety," provincial officials said licensed retail stores will be allowed to remove front window coverings.
Licensed stores are currently required to block the visibility of store interiors, which are part of the lengthy set of operating conditions imposed by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, to try to reduce exposure to younger children and teenagers.
Retail operators called on the Ontario government to ease the visibility restrictions over the past couple of years. They cited ongoing concerns with being the target of robberies. Government staff said individual products wouldn't be allowed to be displayed or visible from outside the storefronts.
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