“There are a lot of obstacles to climb over and hoops to jump through at all levels – federal, provincial and municipal.
The problem, the letter said, was cannabis can only be cultivated on industrial lands.
A few months ago, you said it was fine.’ So I went ahead with my license – and we went to court over it,” Wilson said.
Wilson closed operations, removing all the plants and seeds on site in June 2021 to comply with the court order.
Wilson told Huddle that renovations, which will cost about $100,000, are underway for the new nursery.
It’s not the best time to be doing construction, with the cost of materials and scarcity of labour, but that’s the cannabis industry.
“You don’t need a million-square-foot greenhouse to grow clones and seeds.
“I thought, ‘Well, maybe this closure and restart was something beneficial for the company.
It’s an unproven market, so we don’t know how many people are growing at home, or want to buy clones to grow at home.