Williams Lake First Nation expects to be the first Indigenous community in British Columbia to ink a government-to-government deal under B.C.’s Cannabis Control and Licensing Act.
Chief Willie Sellars told BIV that he expects to finalize an agreement in the next two-to-four weeks – one that will pave the way for a seed-to-sale cannabis operation on First Nations land.
“It’s going to be the first government-to-government agreement around cannabis, I think in the country,” he said, adding that the facility itself will be a first-of-its-kind operation in B.C.
Late last month, Williams Lake First Nation broke ground on a $2.5 million cannabis cultivation facility set to open next year. The Sugar Cane Cannabis cultivation project will be complemented by a cannabis retail strategy on which the nation has been negotiating with the province for years.
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