Original Supply Co. Ltd.

Order Issued: Compliance Order of $513,024.00

On November 20, 2019, the Community Safety Unit (CSU) attended a storefront operating as “Original Supply Co.” located at 3083 Dollarton Highway, in the District of North Vancouver, BC, on the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN) reserve for the purpose of conducting an education inspection pursuant to section 89 of the Cannabis Control and Licensing Act (CCLA) and providing education on the seizure authorities and consequences for selling illegal cannabis contained in the CCLA.

On December 13, 2019, CSU Officers conducted a second section 89 inspection at Original Supply Co. During this enforcement inspection, the CSU Officers seized cannabis pursuant to section 89(1)(g) of the CCLA.

On May 17, 2021, the Director of the CSU issued a Notice of Administrative Monetary Penalty (NAMP), proposing to impose an administrative monetary penalty on Original Supply Co. Ltd., based on the enforcement inspection.

On May 20, 2022, a Delegate of the Director issued a decision pursuant to sections 94(1) and (2) of the CCLA.  The Delegate concluded that Original Supply Co. Ltd. was selling cannabis in contravention of the CCLA. The Delegate exercised her discretion and imposed an administrative monetary penalty on Original Supply Co. Ltd., after considering the evidence before her and the statutory purposes of the CCLA.

Pursuant to section 94(2)(a) of the CCLA, the amount of the administrative monetary penalty is equal to two times the retail value of the cannabis that was sold, possessed for the purpose of sale or produced in contravention of the CCLA, as determined by the Director. The Delegate found that the retail value of the cannabis that was possessed for the purpose of sale was $256,512.00 and the administrative monetary penalty is $513,024.00.