Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says his government will enforce a cannabis retailers’ fee on First Nations store owners in the new year, setting up another potential clash with Indigenous leaders.
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Many First Nations are looking to benefit from cannabis legalization, often by partnering with existing licensed producers. But some are going further, arguing that they have the inherent right to produce and sell cannabis on their reserves, regardless of federal and provincial laws
Members of the Kwaw-kwaw-Apilt First Nation are clashing with Canadian and provincial laws by operating a cannabis store near Chilliwack and First Nations advocates say the federal government should have foreseen the conflict.
The controversial Kahnawake Cannabis Control Law was given a final reading earlier this week in a closed setting, marking the end of the Community Decision-Making Process (CDMP) on marijuana.
The first legal recreational cannabis store on a Winnipeg urban reserve began operation Friday with the opening of a Meta Cannabis Supply Co. retail outlet at the Long Plain Madison Reserve at 420 Madison Street near Polo Park.
The Pineland Forest Nursery near Hadashville that operated as a government-owned tree-growing operation for 65 years is, literally, going to pot.
Wahupta Ventures Inc. today announced that it has entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement with Enigma Enterprises Inc. Wahupta has committed to an investment amount of $2,000,000 to be paid over a six month period in exchange for a 10% ownership in Enigma Enterprises Inc which owns Colombian subsidiary Milagro Pharmaceuticals S.A.S.
The draft Kahnawake Cannabis Control Law hearing last Tuesday (November 20) night followed a news release from the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake condemning disruptive actions during meetings.
The Six Nations Nations elected-band council is proposing a minimum age of 21 to use, grow, distribute and sell recreational marijuana in its territory. That's older than Ontario's threshold of 19 for pot in Canada's new legalized landscape.
The chief of a First Nation operating an unlicensed cannabis store says another meeting is planned with the Saskatchewan government on the issue.