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The 2nd National Indigenous Cannabis and Hemp Conference (NICHC) took place from February 19 to 21, at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa, following in the footsteps of the inaugural conference held on Nov.18-21 on the Tsuut'ina Nation. The underlining theme of these conferences is that although the passage of Bill C-45 legalizing recreational cannabis creates tremendous economic opportunity for the country, it also created unprecedented social and political concerns for Indigenous communities.
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Main Sponsor: Delta 9 Cannabis
Location: Shaw Center, Ottawa, ON
Video production/editing: Cori Marshall
Video Assistants: Tekaheroken Herne, Tekarihwakhen Herne
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Journalists:
Cori Marshall
Gillian Ward
Research/editing: WT Staff
Reporter/researcher: Audrey Curotte
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Howard Silver, NICHC Chair
"There was a terrible shortage of information getting out to First Nations and we were approached... by Tsuuti'na just outside of Calgary to bring in speakers for the nations to explain cannabis and the opportunities on the harm reduction and economic side.
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Noeline Villbrun - Dene NWT
"I was raised by my grandparents who taught me...that we do not sell our medicines."
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Loraine White, Founding Member of Seven Leaf
"One of the most significant benefits that we see from now having this facility ... is the creation of jobs and in particular quality jobs for our community members and even our college graduates"
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Steven Teed, Green Future Industries
"Hemp has the ability to make over 50 thousand different products...anything that could be made out of wood or even oil can be made from hemp.
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Rob McIntyre, Salvation Botanicals
"First of all we need compliance...The testing throughout the cultivation, can happen in a number of points to help the growers develop strains, to help them maximize yields, to identify a fail as early as possible."
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Max Ireland, Oneida First Nation
"I would like to see laws put in by our own people, for our people and to keep those other authorities entities at arm's length.
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Indigenous Cannabis Consortium
"We're hopeful that the consortium will help ...in bringing about a framework that will allow for communities to determine their own future and playing in this industry if they choose to be.
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Georges Routhier, Pipedreemz
This is a complete new market. You will never ever in your lifetime or your children or grandchildren's lifetime probably see another market like this.
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Ernie Daniels, First Nation Finance Authority
"Our financing is very unique. We're not like a traditional commercial bank, we operate quite differently. We're almost like a co-op. So First Nations come to us and with the investment opportunities or projects they want to undertake."
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Rob Stevenson, Medecine Wheel Natural Healing
"My goal is again to get, to create a social enterprise where it's not a big monopoly, where anyone can be involved if they want to be but if they're not involved they can still benefit and see tangible benefits through money being put back into that community.
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Adam Hendrickson, Koppert Biological Systems
"[Koppert is a] market leader in biological crop protection and what the company does is produce or breed natural enemies which can be introduced into crops to combat pest insects. So essentially good bugs to control bedbugs.
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