The Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC; lit.
Quebec Cannabis Corporation) is the Crown corporation which operates the legal monopoly on recreational cannabis sales in the Canadian province of Quebec.
SQDC is incorporated as a subsidiary of the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ).
It was tabled in the National Assembly of Quebec on November 16, 2017, and was officially adopted on June 12, 2018.
[1][2] Under the Act respecting the Société des alcools du Québec,[3] the SQDC's revenues from the sale of cannabis must be used for the following purposes: