Ontario Company Buys Shuttered N.B. Cannabis Facility
More than 60 employees were laid off when Canopy Growth closed the facility in 2020.
More than 60 employees were laid off when Canopy Growth closed the facility in 2020.
The $40-million facility, which opened in 2019, employed 63 people.
The Ontario-based cannabis company has a license to begin producing cannabis at its facility in Fredericton and has plans to hire more than 130 people to work there.
The company plans to hire more than 130 people with the first harvests expected to be on the market within six months.
Canopy Growth CEO Bruce Linton says the company is investing $39-million in a facility in Fredericton because the province is embracing opportunities in the sector.
Canopy Growth will be looking to hire for a variety of positions, including lab supervisors, technologists, growers, post-harvest crews, quality assurance experts, maintenance crews, and shipping and on-site retail staff.
The provincial government took big first steps toward establishing a recreational marijuana market
The products will be sold at retail stores operated by a crown corporation