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best bet,” says Couture-Picard. Weedon sees it Canada treat the licences—construction has been
as one of the most plausible solution to create halted amidst licensing bottlenecks a few times.
a structural and systemic ecological impact to “There’s no standardisation or deadline,” says
our global economic structure. Hemp can be Couture-Picard. “The process is not transparent, and
transformed into more than 2,500 products related nobody seems to have any information. As a local
to the alimentation sector, textiles, construction, government and a partner, we find this situation
cosmetics, medicinal, and event bio-composites frustrating and abnormal. It’s like the federal
which can be used to replace plastics. government wasn’t really ready to legalize and
hadn’t verified if the public function had the capacity
“The objective, considering this, is to be able to put to effectively and equitably process the licences
together a whole industrial and commercial cluster demands.”
that will be able to produce, transform and research
in Weedon,” says Couture-Picard. Weedon Quebec is writing its latest chapter as a
force in integrating with the social and economic
Project Update dynamics of the early 21st century. With its location,
its economic vitality and its capacity for dialogue
Driving through Weedon today, you will see the among local decision-makers, all signs are pointing
base structure of the extraction facility and seven to a bright future.
finished greenhouses.
www.weedon.ca
Weedon council is trying to put pressure on
politicians in order to change the way Health
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