by admin | Mar 20, 2019 | News, Policies & Governance, Uncategorized
Sharon Vanhouwe, My Coast NowThe people behind the BC Small Cannabis Producer and Processor Co-op have released a report following a series of consultations in our communities.Those who participated agreed on a number of issues including that Health Canada’s...
by admin | Feb 10, 2019 | Advocacy, News, Uncategorized
Amy Smart, The Canadian PressBritish Columbia may be famous for its bud but some say Canada’s new marijuana legalization framework is excluding the small producers with established know-how.A movement is growing in the province to address that problem with...
by admin | Jan 29, 2019 | News, Policies & Governance
Tom Flethcer, The Nelson StartA former Surrey B.C. city councillor is heading a new co-op venture to bring people licensed to grow their own medical marijuana into a co-op to supply the legal cannabis market.Barinder Rasode is CEO of the venture, a partnership...
by admin | Dec 10, 2018 | Advocacy, News
Laura Kane, Canadian PressHealth Canada said it has received 23 applications for the licenses so far, including 5 in BC. ‘The spirit was to get small growers involved and to get the black market to convert over to the new market’, said James Walsh, president of...
by admin | Nov 28, 2018 | Advocacy, News
David Ebner, Globe and MailBC for decades produced the majority of cannabis in Canada. Thousands of growers crafted potent strains, and the province’s weed became a brand: BC Bud. But legalization has brought upheaval. The market share of BC Bud is in sharp...
by admin | Sep 23, 2018 | Advocacy, News
Saira Peesker, Special to the Globe and Mail, September 24, 2018As cannabis legalization fast approaches, the federal micro-licensing system set up to allow small growers to lawfully produce marijuana is proving difficult to navigate, several black-market growers...
