About a dozen community members and cannabis dispensary owners in Garden River First Nation (GRFN) were shocked when they arrived at the Band Council office only to find the doors locked and the meeting cancelled.
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Andrew Clifford Miracle is a candidate for Chief in the Dec 7th, 2019 election of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory,. In this interview Clifford talks extensively about his views of the cannabis industry and of his vision for the future. He also provides his personal phone number in the course of the interview so that those who want more information may contact him.
From yellowheadinstitute.org link to post by Bob Watts, October 17, 2018 TODAY MARKS Canada’s newest national holiday, Cannabis Day. While tax collectors are anticipating a windfall from the soon to be legalized cannabis market, provinces are making up rules on the run in the face of expected revenues, and the federal government…
Pot Tax Deal Could Bring Revenue Boom for Canada’s First Nations: An agreement would reduce lost tax revenue from illegal sales on First Nations lands, give indigenous businesses more power to work with mainstream pot firms, and provide billions of dollars in revenues.
Indigenous leaders from across Canada want to vastly expand their stakes in the cannabis industry by striking a deal on sales tax revenue with the federal government.
Canada's First Nations are crafting a plan for a separate cannabis regulatory regime that they will present to Ottawa by the spring no matter which party wins the coming federal election.
The federal government's lead minister on the cannabis file has been in talks with First Nations leaders over how to carve out First Nations jurisdiction over the cannabis industry on their territories.
A report on priority areas identified during the Senate Committee's study of the Cannabis Act: Progress Report on Priorities Identified in the Eleventh Report of the Standing Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples
by Daniel J. Rowe – October 3, 2018 • The Eastern Door By 8:30 p.m., Mohawk Council of Kahnawake lawyer Murray Marshall’s summary of the Kahnawake Cannabis Control Lawseemed a distant memory. From 6:30 p.m. on, the majority of Tuesday’s Community Decision-Making Process (CDMP) meeting at Karonhianónhnha School involved heavy criticism directed at council and the…
Should the more than 200 First Nations in British Columbia get a piece of the pot tax pie after cannabis is legalized in Canada on Oct. 17?