CONSULTING
Robinson has travelled to Ottawa every eight
to 10 weeks in the past few years, working on
federal mandates to make sure everything we
are doing has an environmental and sustain-
ability process built into marijuana growing.
“It really became interesting when we decided
to apply science to growing and managing pro-
cesses around the plant.”
Robinson is a recognized specialist in the can-
nabis sector and has worked directly with the
CL2G Group’s clients and Health Canada in all
stages of the application and licensing phases,
as well as Extensive experience regulated in-
dustries over 20 years. “What that does to help
me is when you’ve worked with regulators you
start to understand wants and needs,” says
Robinson. “We specialize in the development
of output documents and how to apply them.
It’s the same with oil and gas, finance, bank-
ing, health care, you start to understand speci-
fication documents. Being in this space since
2013 allows us to read current regulations and
adapt to, understand, and deploy them in such
a manner they are simple to follow and remain
compliant.”
The Cannabis Act is perfectly pitted for Raven-
Quest, says Robinson, because allows the com-
pany to continue to grow under the standard
processor cultivator while allowing their R&D
and nursery sides to flourish—three distinct li-
censes. “What I think is also very valuable are
the craft producers, smaller growers looking
for ways to enter the legal market,” he contin-
ues. “We partner with smaller operations to
help them on legal side by assisting them with
regulation. This way they have the opportunity
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