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With Legalization, Job Openings Surge in Canada’s Cannabis Industry

Canada's cannabis and cannabis-adjacent industries have poached top talent from more traditional sectors of the economy.

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TORONTO — For six years, Dan Skilleter worked as a policy adviser in Ontario’s provincial government. But this year, he gave up his much-coveted government job for a new role in an uncertain, fast-moving industry: cannabis.

Now, “I can’t go a week without a friend sending me an email looking for a job in the cannabis space,” he said. “I’m having to constantly clear time in my schedule for coffees with people.”

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As Canada became the second country in the world to legalize recreational marijuana use on Oct. 17, its nascent cannabis and cannabis-adjacent industries have poached top talent from more traditional sectors of the economy.

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