The Ontario approach is terrible, they will never compete with the black market which has way less overhead than a legit business and no added taxes. To compete with that existing market they would need to be selling cannabis at a price that is less than 6-7$ per gram after tax which i don't see that being likely. The process of legalization in Canada as a whole is going to be a major fail in my opinion. Most of the criminal penalties are stiffer post legalization then they currently are now. They 'SHOULD' be trying to get the current black market producers to transition into legit business people but they will only allow big businesses with large amounts of cash actually become players in the new system. Two provinces that i know of already are not going to allow home grows(Quebec & Manitoba). So they'll effectively restrict cheaper access to people by not allowing them to grow their own. This is a crime in itself in my opinion. To only allow big business to profit from a fight the little guys have been on the front lines of for 50+ years now. Some of the people that have seen through the reefer madness and fought for the rights of patients to access cannabis to treat the ever growing list of ailments it can cure and assist us with. The government need to fully decriminalize cannabis, admit to its mistake in making it illegal in the first place and pardon all people that have been wrongfully prosecuted for being associated with one of the most beneficial plants humanity has had the pleasure of cultivating for the past 10,000+ years of our existence.