It's still confusing. How expensive is it to setup a Shopify site and a third-party logistics company to send out orders?

I guess the question is: how much of the loss is one-time capital costs, and how much is ongoing.

Should Ontarians look forward to more losses, or to a more profitable system overall?

The Ontario government actually does use Shopify for its online cannabis store:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ontario-shopify-mariju...

Well, for one thing you have to make sure none of the data touches the US or companies that might share data with US agencies (particularly cbp) to avoid screwing over otherwise innocent people who like weed.

That's fine because Shopify is Canadian.

That's Shopify's problem.