(This is the latest installment in a series about government funding available for Canadian cannabis businesses. The previous installment is available here.)
Cannabis cultivators operating in Newfoundland and Labrador are ineligible to receive funding under the provincial portion of the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership, a new program that funds agricultural initiatives across Canada.
That’s because the province considers cannabis an “ineligible” commodity, a spokesperson for the province’s Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture told MJBizDaily via email.
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“As such, the marketing and production of cannabis is ineligible for funding under the provincially delivered program,” the spokesperson said.
No reason was provided.
Canada’s Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (Sustainable CAP) is a joint federal-provincial initiative being administered federally by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the respective provinces and territories themselves.
The five-year program includes 1 billion Canadian dollars ($740 million) in federal programs and CA$2.5 billion in cost-shared
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