The first mayor of the Region of Queens, when Bowater Mersey closed its doors in 2012, the former CEO rallied the community and was instrumental in steering the region through the economic crisis it faced.Ĭhristopher served as Chair of the successful Queens General Hospital Expansion Project and is Chair of the Queens Manor Board. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge Christopher Clarke of Liverpool and to recognize the numerous and significant contributions that he has made towards improving the quality of life and care in Queens County. THE SPEAKER « » : The honourable member for Queens. THE SPEAKER « » : Ordered that these bills be read a second time on a future day.
113 - Entitled an Act to Amend Chapter 20 of the Acts of 2021, the Environmental Goals and Climate Change Reduction Act. 112 - Entitled an Act to Dissolve the Holy Heart Seminary. 111 - Entitled an Act Respecting Performance-based Regulation of Electrical Utilities. 110 - Entitled an Act to Establish a Nova Scotia Housing Corporation. 109 - Entitled an Act to Amend Chapter 217 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Income Tax Act, Respecting a Fertility and Surrogacy Rebate. Premier Says He Won't Appeal Ruling on Discrimination Against Disabled People."īill No. Speaker, in consideration of a member statement that I will be reading later, I would like to table this document entitled "N.S. THE SPEAKER « » : The honourable Leader of the New Democratic Party. TABLING REPORTS, REGULATIONS AND OTHER PAPERS Before we begin our daily routine, the topic for the late debate at the moment of interruption this evening has been forwarded by the honourable member for Dartmouth North:īe it resolved that the arts, culture, and recreation sector, which contributes greatly to our economy and well-being, is one of the industries hardest hit by the pandemic and requires targeted, emergency, and sustained support to recover and grow. “But it looks like Frankie MacMaster and his foolish ways are about to pay off.”Īnd it means he won’t be heading to the Arctic for work again any time soon.THE SPEAKER » : Order, please. “What’s the point in living if you don’t take some chances,” he said. Now his little beef farm, down a long dirt road in Antigonish County, is set to become the province’s first large-scale medical marijuana producer. MacMaster teamed up with Ontario-based Matica Enterprises Ltd., which bought 50 per cent of his company. Venture capital has been flocking to proposed medical marijuana operations in Stellarton, Truro and locations across the country. He had the building, but he needed money for renovations, expertise and a security system.
When the new Marihuana for Medical Purposes Regulations were issued, he transferred his application to that and found himself near the front of the line. So he took a gamble two years ago and applied to Health Canada under the previous research and development process. “But I had my eye on the medical marijuana industry all along.” So he closed MacMaster’s Meats and turned the lights off at the fully inspected, brand-new facility he’d built only a few years earlier. With a young daughter, he had built the business thinking it would mean he could stop heading to the Northwest Territories for his job at a diamond mine.īut the hours were long and he quickly learned that if he didn’t invest a lot of money he didn’t have and get big quickly, he’d have to get out. “Even if we only went with a 50,000-square-foot expansion, we’re talking about employing 40 to 60 people right here.”įive years ago, MacMaster was an industrial electrician with a shuttered abattoir. “As soon as we get our licence, Matica (MacMaster’s backers) are talking about doing a $10-million, 100,000-square-foot expansion,” he said. MacMaster won’t be growing 11,000 kilograms of medical marijuana out of the starting gate - that will wait for a 100,000-square-foot expansion planned for the facility in Ohio, Antigonish County. Then it’s plants in the ground for THC Dispensaries Ltd. The last hurdle is the installation of an air handling system, expected to be complete in late March, before the facility’s pre-licence inspection by Health Canada. MacMaster is founder and president of THC Dispensaries Canada Ltd., a company that’s leading the pack of hopeful medical marijuana producers in Nova Scotia looking to get licensed by Health Canada. “But a few years ago I took a chance and got in early on the medical marijuana licensing process.” “All I am is a construction worker and a farmer,” said MacMaster. It wasn’t the freezing rain expected to come in the evening that had a smile on his face.įrank MacMaster was smiling because he anticipates growing 11,000 kilograms of marijuana a year.
There was a happy man at the controls of a skid steer loader in Antigonish County on Friday.
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