Legal Weed goes on sale across Canada: And many First Nations are getting in on the industry on the ground floor. And many First Nations are getting in on the industry on the ground floor.
Dispensing Freedom
Smoking marijuana will remain unwelcome on Westbank First Nation land.
Cannabis advocate Ian Campeau, formerly of the DJ group A Tribe Called Red and now working with the cannabis media and lifestyle company Leafly, says legalization opens the door for First Nations communities to exercise their sovereign rights as they pursue their own economic and social opportunities.
Some First Nations chiefs say the legalization of recreational cannabis is already creating badly needed jobs for their communities.
‘We have tobacco shacks, and we don’t want cannabis shacks’ Jessica Deer · CBC News · Posted: Oct 15, 2018 Kwetiio Goodleaf isn’t happy with how her community’s band council is developing legislation to regulate the cannabis industry in Kahnawake, Que. (Jessica Deer/CBC) Kwetiio Goodleaf has worked in Kahnawake’s tobacco industry for the past three…
With annual sales of more than $20 million at Legacy 420, his cannabis superstore on the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in eastern Ontario, Barnhart has no difficulty meeting an annual $3.7-million payroll.
Wednesday's recreational weed legalization sets the stage for a complicated clash on some First Nations, pitting Indigenous self-governance rights and social policy against federal legislation and economic promise
After his late father was denied medicinal marijuana, Wil Marsden pledged to supply Gitanyow members in need Chantelle Bellrichard · CBC News · Posted: Oct 14, 2018 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: October 14 Hereditary chief Wil Marsden has made a name for himself in his community as the guy you see if…
Alderville and Hiawatha, separated by a few dozen kilometres, have a big divide when it comes to marijuana By Rhiannon Johnson · CBC News · Oct 12, 2018 Alderville and Hiawatha First Nations are preparing for cannabis legalization in their own ways. (Martin Trainor/CBC) On the south side of Rice Lake in southern Ontario, Alderville…
Last Thursday, I tabled my private member’s bill to expunge records for possession of cannabis for recreational use, an activity that will be perfectly legal in less than a week.