First Nations Making Deals to Secure a Piece of the Cannabis Pie

Just upriver from downtown Montreal, the Kahnawake First Nation council office takes pride of place in the reserve’s modest skyline, along with a youth centre and a pair of churches. Soon, however, these old edifices may all be dwarfed by a sprawling, state-of-the-art greenhouse sprouting with cannabis plants and buzzing with cultivators of Canada’s newest legal commodity. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake has signed a non-binding agreement with Canopy Growth Corp. The potential deal would…