Purpose
Transcript - Purpose
(A super appears over a blurred image of a set in a busy mall where three experts are seated on a panel).
Text on screen: We invited Canadians to ask their cannabis questions.
(The image shows a close up of a Canadian woman asking a question to an expert).
Canadian Woman: Why is the government legalizing marijuana?
(Cut to an image of the expert, a lawyer, answering the Canadian woman).
Text on screen: Paul Saint-Denis, Lawyer, Government of Canada
Paul Saint-Denis: Three main reasons. One is the new law will help to keep cannabis out of the hands of youth by better preventing them from accessing it.
Text on screen: help keep cannabis out of the hands of youth
Text on screen: prevent access
Paul Saint-Denis: Second is to displace the illegal cannabis market.
Text on screen: displace illegal market
Paul Saint-Denis: And the third is to protect public health and safety with product quality and safety requirements for cannabis.
Text on screen: protect public health and safety
Text on screen: product quality
Text on screen: safety requirements
Text on screen: Your cannabis questions, answered.
Text on screen: Learn more at Canada.ca/Cannabis
Government of Canada Wordmark and musical sting
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