Right now we have 42 Lisenced producers in Canada. I believe that Amfil will be zoning in on Canada with Growzone for sure. The government is nervous that there will not be enough pot once Canada goes recreational. The Lisenced producers have to go through some rigourous testing via Health Canada and a few companies marijuana samples have tested positive for pesticides! Bad news for those companies but good news for Amfe and Growzone. The Lisenced producers must look at alternative solutions to this problem as all of them have the same goal to provide excellent quality to the consumers. I think Grozone is a no brainer ( my opinion of course) solution for all of these companies and also for the newbies coming in. This is only the tip of the iceberg...Then there is 10 Acres Cali...Other companies around the world....Sleeping Giant for sure ready to wake up!!!
The federal government is getting ready to drastically speed up its licensing process to increase the numbers of companies that are authorized to produce marijuana for the recreational market that will open up in the first half of 2018, sources said.
A senior federal official said that in addition to tabling legislation to legalize marijuana on Thursday, the federal government will announce a push to authorize new producers of marijuana. At this point, there are 42 companies that have the necessary authorizations from Health Canada to produce marijuana for medical purposes across the country.
The official said the current holders of licences will have a head start once the market is opened up to recreational users, but added that the federal government will add staff and resources at Health Canada to speed up the approval process for new producers.
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A key concern is ensuring that the supply of marijuana will meet the demand for the drug once it is legalized by the unofficial deadline of July 1, 2018. As Ottawa works toward squeezing out illegal producers of marijuana, federal officials are worried that a shortage of cannabis would hurt their plans in the initial stages of legalization.
Another priority for the government will be to ensure that there is a broad variety of producers of marijuana serving the recreational market, and not just the existing network that includes many large-scale facilities.
“It’s obvious that the producers who are already licensed have an advantage going in. But there is also a clear desire on the government’s part to have a mix of big and small producers,” said the federal official who spoke on the condition of anonymity ahead of the tabling of the legislation.
“There is a great deal of awareness to the needs of smaller producers in the government,” the official added.
