Since Health Canada established it's medical marijuana program, 4 different courts have ruled parts of it unconstitutional for limiting access. In the most recent cases, changed ordered to the number of patients to producers (originally 2:1) and producers to location (originally 3:1) were met by Health Canada with the absolute minimum change possible, 2:1 became 3:1 and 3:1 became 4:1. This consistently bad-faith compliance with court orders on the part of Health Canada is partially why Medical Marijuana Dispensaries have been found to be legal in court.
 
"It's unconciounable to force critically and chronically Quebecers onto the streets to obtain medicine, today's police raids represent yet another gift by police to organized crime, in the form of at least 10,000 new customers. The tragic irony, is that in the name of combating 'crime' the police are ensuring that street dealers and those that control them will profit immensely at the expense of the sick and dying." said Kirk Tousaw, Executive Director of the Beyond Prohibition Foundation, "The only saving grace is that S-10, the Conservatives Mandatory Minimum punishment agenda, has not been implemented, because otherwise, these brave, compassionate caregivers would be facing a mandatory year in a cage, for helping these ill and suffering Canadians"