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University of Ottawa president Allan Rock and his family are behind a budding new business venture – now all they need is a licence from the federal government to grow medical marijuana.
Corporate documents obtained by Metro show Rock, his wife Deborah Hanscom and their two children have started a business called RockGarden Medicinals Inc.
On its website, the company says it aims to become “a trusted supplier of premium medicinal marijuana.”
Before they can do that, though, Health Canada needs to grant them a licence to grow medical marijuana – something Hanscom, who is the company’s chief executive officer, says is still up in the air.
“Right now we’re not close to having a license to produce, and there’s other applicants in the community in our position,” she said.
Hanscom, who uses medical marijuana herself to treat chronic pain, says obtaining a license is taking longer than expected because...
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