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The history of Canada is deeply intertwined with the story of cannabis. This most wonderful of plants has shaped our country in many important ways.From the earliest days of our nation's history, cannabis has been a central engine of our economy and a key to political success. The story of cannabis in Canada is one of controversy, conflict and the quest for power....Board for the Encouragement of the Cultivation of Hemp
The British government didn't give up; they were desperate to get more cannabis growing in Canada. They needed hemp rope and sails to keep their mighty navy afloat.
In 1802, Canada appointed several prominent farmers to the newly-formed Board for the Encouragement of the Cultivation of Hemp.
Newspapers of the time encouraged farmers to grow more hemp, and government reports show how officials pushed to increase hemp production:
The cultivation of hemp is rapidly expanding in Canada, and there is much reason to hope we shall be rendered independent of the foreign markets. Several hundred tons were grown last year in the neighbourhood of Montreal, Camden, Howard on the Thames, and in many parts of Upper-Canada; and we hear with great pleasure that upwards of twenty looms and rope-walks were established during that period.
- British Government Report on Hemp, 1809
Hemp is likely to be supplied in abundance in a short time from Ireland as well as from Canada, where thousands of acres are now allotted to its cultivation ... It is thought that our dependence of Russia for this article has nearly, if not completely, reached its termination. The very high price which hemp bears at this moment operates as a powerful inducement to our national agriculturalists.
- National and Parliamentary Notices, March 1809....This only a little info,much more look it up.