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Another firm applies to grow marijuana
A medical marijuana plant in New Jersey where cannibis seedlings grown under lights. (Associated Press files)A medical marijuana plant in New Jersey where cannibis seedlings grown under lights. (Associated Press files)
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Monica Wolfson
Nov 12, 2013 - 9:00 PM EST
Last Updated: Nov 13, 2013 - 9:10 AM EST
BELLE RIVER – CEN Biotech is hoping to cultivate, harvest, trim, dry and package marijuana in Lakeshore and be one of three proposed medical marijuana production facilities in Essex County.
The company declared its intentions in a letter to council as it is required to do as part of an application to Health Canada to be a licensed grower of marijuana for medical users. The proposed facility would be at Manning and North Rear roads, which is close to the OPP detachment at Manning Road and Highway 401.
In a letter to council, CEN Biotech CEO Bill Chaaban said the team putting together the application for a production facility includes lawyers, pharmacists, ex-police officers and municipal representatives.
CEN Biotech is proposing to build a 58,000-square-foot steel barn to house its operations, according to a town document.
Council was supportive of the proposal, saying the industry posed no concerns because it will be highly regulated.
“Welcome to Lakeshore,” Coun. Linda McKinlay said.
Coun. Dan Diemer said the proposed site next to the OPP detachment was perfect.
“It’s a highly regulated industry, no different than Seagram’s or Hiram Walker,” Diemer said. “We love industry of any kind.”
Mayor Tom Bain said he didn’t think the marijuana growers would post any problems for the town.
Council discussion Tuesday centered on whether the production facility qualified for agriculture zoning if it had a commercial component and how it would be assessed for tax purposes.
Coun. Charles McLean asked whether commercial zoning applied if the marijuana growers were going to process the crop on site. Steve Salmons, director of community and development services, said it would not be unlike a milling operation for grain.
“If they mill their own grain it’s value added, but they can’t take grain from anywhere else,” Salmons said. The property would be taxed at the agriculture rate, staff said.
Salmons said growing marijuana was a legitimate crop much like a greenhouse operation. Security at the facility will be tighter than what is found at a maximum security prison, he said.
Health Canada has received 248 applications nationally from companies wishing to set up licensed marijuana growing operations. The federal government, which used to grow marijuana for medical users as did medical marijuana users themselves, has changed the regulations around medical marijuana production.
The federal government is turning over medical marijuana production to the private sector in large commercial operations. Medical marijuana users will no longer be able to grow their own pot as of March 31 and the federal government is getting out of the business as of April 1.
The other two facilities are ECGreen in Oldcastle and a Leamington greenhouse, which includes London-based Fifth Avenue Para-Legal and Private Investigation Services Inc. as an investor. Fifth Avenue and its partners propose constructing a 70,000-square-foot greenhouse with security that might cost up to $1 million, said Fifth Avenue’s Garry White.
Tags: drugs, Health Canada, marijuana, medical marijuana
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