Hi, I am a New Zealand National age 41. I predict that New Zealand will be the next county to legalize canabis and I want to come to Canadia to work in the industry to study and learn as much as I can before starting my company in new zealand. As I am unable to study this in my own country. Is there anyway that I can obtain a visa to help me do this as realise I am too old for a IEC visa. Can anyone here help me please.
I am coming over for a holiday in 3 months so if there is any immigration companies that could help me while I am there, I love love their details. Thanking you in advance.
Kind Regards
Eamon
Oddly enough Eamon, I work for the largest Canadian Cannabis company. I would advise that unless your a GW Pharma Geneticist looking for work or a PhD. Biologist there is nothing that makes you stand out (sorry) to the degree that you would get through Immigration Canada and get a LMIA. You must also realize we are a 15 billion dollar company. A company that is into plant genetics, pharmaceuticals and yes good old pot. But all of this Eamon is a trade secret. Our patents is where there is a lot of money tied up. So I guess what I am trying to say is that you just do not casually walk in and get a gardening job. Nor can we allow anyone to study and LEAVE?? with Proprietary data (you can leave if you sign all the Privacy agreements.). But there is opprotunity here for you Eamon. Near Niagara on the Lake is a 1.4 million sq. ft. facility and a very good community college near it. If you had this course you would definitly rate a interview at any one of many, many companies.
https://www.niagaracollege.ca/envir...dies/programs/commercial-cannabis-production/
You can also Google: Durham College, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, McGill University, Community College of New Brunswick, Loyalist College, University of Ottawa, St. Francis Xavier University, Ryerson University, UBC and Olds College. Cannabis plants and facilities are scattered throughout Canada. But the primary growth areas (green houses) are in Southern Ontario and BC. Lemington, Ontario is just above the border of Northern California (almost the same latitude). So it has good Cannabis and Wine potential.
Here is the FDA Approval of the drug Epidiolex (GW Pharma). It treats 2 forms of chilhood epilipsey.
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/pre...ent-derived-marijuana-treat-rare-severe-forms.
Here is the site address of Shoppers Drug Mart's (Canada'a largest drug store chain) and their really superb collection of Medical Cannabis.
https://cannabis.shoppersdrugmart.ca/en_CA
Also if you just want to have fun there is the recreational Ontario Cannabis Store.
https://ocs.ca/#/verify-age
Below Snoop inspects his crop of Leafs by Snoop in Niagara. Poor old Snoop is in a trademark infringement case with, the Toronto Maple Leafs??!!!
Finally, if you are an educator/teacher you probably wonder how your going to teach about all this stuff. In fact Ontario's Cannabis consumption has gone DOWN since legalization. Here is a curriculum (68 pgs.) for elementary-high school students from the CSSDP. Ontario schools have this in their documentation.
https://cssdp.org/youthtoolkit/
NOTE: MINORS AND TEENS (under 19) MUST NOT CONSUME CANNABIS AT ALL. IT IMPACTS BRAIN DEVELOPMENT. YOU MUST BE 19 TO CONSUME CANNABIS OR ALCOHOL IN ONTARIO. DO NOT COMBINE ALCOHOL AND CANNABIS YOU'LL JUST GET SICK. VAPE CANNABIS DO NOT ALLOW COMBUSTION. NEVER COMBINE TOBACCO AND CANNABIS. DO NOT CONSUME CANNABIS FOR 6 HOURS BEFORE DRIVING. NEVER DRIVE STONED AND/OR DRUNK. NEVER CONSUME CANNABIS BEFORE OR DURING WORK. Our companies motto is, "GO LOW AND SLOW" IF NOT EXPERIENCED.
Canada Cannabis Laws Canadian Government
https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/cannabis/
