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What??? 0ver 1200 miles from lakeshore? Article today

The CEO of a company building a medical marijuana plant in Ontario is praising Charlottetown city council for paving the way for P.E.I.’s first production facility.

Bill Chaaban, CEO of Creative Edge Nutrition, said these facilities are state of the art and just as secure as the Pentagon.

Before they can be built, Health Canada says municipal approval is required as well as approval of the local police and fire departments.

“We are, essentially, building in our neck of the woods a super-max federal security prison,’’ Chaaban said, noting the facility also carries a premium camera system, two-tier fencing and a level-10 vault that weighs 2.5 million pounds and is 4,000 square feet in size.

He said such a facility in Charlottetown would be similar. Creative Edge Nutrition is spending close to $20 million to build one in Lakeshore, Ont.

Earlier this month, Charlottetown council passed a resolution, agreeing to amend the city’s zoning and development bylaw by adding the definition for medical marijuana production facility. Council didn’t have much choice.

Under new federal legislation, large indoor marijuana farms certified by the RCMP and health inspectors, will be allowed to

produce, package and distribute a range of standardized marijuana, all of it sold for whatever price the market will bear.

By changing the bylaw, council is restricting where this facility can be built — the West Royalty Industrial Park, some light industrial areas located north of the city’s bypass highway and the bio-commons park. The city is believed to be looking at an application for a building permit now.