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If you are interested to see what/how the products are marketed, see the SQDC website from Quebec province: https://www.sqdc.ca/en-CA/ https://www.sqdc.ca/en-CA

If you are interested to see what/how the products are marketed, see the SQDC website from Quebec province: https://www.sqdc.ca/en-CA/ https://www.sqdc.ca/en-CA/ 1g = ~CAD$5

abledon 8y ago
Quebec gov websites have great web design . The saaq also is a great example
- Raphmedia 8y ago
  They are done by web agencies and not in-house by the government.
- simlevesque 8y ago
  That's nice to hear, I did one of them :)
  - abledon 8y ago
    Cool, I’m curious what the backend stack was ? Java, c# ?
    - simlevesque 8y ago
      No it's a huge Wordpress application. Started in 2016 and released in 2017. It's not ideal but it ended up being great. A huge part of the website is actually blog posts so it was a good match. I did not start the project and choose the tech but I ended up doing a large part of the project and led it when the lead dev quit (for unrelated reasons). I had lots of problems with the government hoster (CSPQ) but it all worked out in the end. It's the CALQ's website by the way.
      - abledon 8y ago
        Php niiice , I love when critical government infra runs on the most despised languages on HN
        simlevesque 8y ago
        It's not a critical infrastructure at all, it's just an info portal. It used to be a full html website made with Microsoft Frontpage by one lady who works there. We use PHP so that instead of a single huge html page filled with info which is useless for 90% of the people who'd read it, we ask your profile and then we filter only the relevant information.
- t1o5 8y ago
  SAAQ,SAQ and Revenue Quebec too, but not all govt sites. The immigration site of Quebec govt. sucks with huge down times, bad UX and even data loss of many aspiring skilled economic immigrants. May be because its for immigrants and temporary workers, so no one cares.
bregma 8y ago
See also Ontario's OCS https://ocs.ca/ https://ocs.ca/
Raphmedia 8y ago
Which would be around 1.5 to 2 times the street price depending on what deals you had before legalization.¹ It is however on par with what medical pricing was. ¹According to what I have heard around. I have never purchased it from the street.
- plehoux 8y ago
  Not really, maybe if bought in bulk. 5$ for 1g seems pretty competitive with black market.
  - Raphmedia 8y ago
    Most users I know are heavy users (both recreational and medical) and buy once monthly. So that has to be bulk pricing. AFAIK, the government store doesn't offer bulk discounts.

If you are interested to see what/how the products are marketed, see the SQDC website from Quebec province: https://www.sqdc.ca/en-CA/ https://www.sqdc.ca/en-CA/ 1g = ~CAD$5

abledon 8y ago

Quebec gov websites have great web design . The saaq also is a great example

Raphmedia 8y ago
They are done by web agencies and not in-house by the government.
simlevesque 8y ago
That's nice to hear, I did one of them :)
- abledon 8y ago
  Cool, I’m curious what the backend stack was ? Java, c# ?
  - simlevesque 8y ago
    No it's a huge Wordpress application. Started in 2016 and released in 2017. It's not ideal but it ended up being great. A huge part of the website is actually blog posts so it was a good match. I did not start the project and choose the tech but I ended up doing a large part of the project and led it when the lead dev quit (for unrelated reasons). I had lots of problems with the government hoster (CSPQ) but it all worked out in the end. It's the CALQ's website by the way.
    - abledon 8y ago
      Php niiice , I love when critical government infra runs on the most despised languages on HN
      - simlevesque 8y ago
        It's not a critical infrastructure at all, it's just an info portal. It used to be a full html website made with Microsoft Frontpage by one lady who works there. We use PHP so that instead of a single huge html page filled with info which is useless for 90% of the people who'd read it, we ask your profile and then we filter only the relevant information.
t1o5 8y ago
SAAQ,SAQ and Revenue Quebec too, but not all govt sites. The immigration site of Quebec govt. sucks with huge down times, bad UX and even data loss of many aspiring skilled economic immigrants. May be because its for immigrants and temporary workers, so no one cares.

bregma 8y ago

See also Ontario's OCS https://ocs.ca/ https://ocs.ca/

Raphmedia 8y ago

Which would be around 1.5 to 2 times the street price depending on what deals you had before legalization.¹ It is however on par with what medical pricing was. ¹According to what I have heard around. I have never purchased it from the street.

plehoux 8y ago
Not really, maybe if bought in bulk. 5$ for 1g seems pretty competitive with black market.
- Raphmedia 8y ago
  Most users I know are heavy users (both recreational and medical) and buy once monthly. So that has to be bulk pricing. AFAIK, the government store doesn't offer bulk discounts.