Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Audley Shaw made the disclosure at a CanEx Investment Summit at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Downtown Toronto, Canada, last Thursday.
Under the theme, ‘Reducing barriers and finding ways to bridge the legal cannabis trade between Canada and the Caribbean,’ the shipment was hailed by Shaw as a significant step in the development of Jamaica’s nascent medical, therapeutic and scientific cannabis industry,” a release from the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) said.
Shaw, meanwhile, reinforced the Government’s commitment to put the finishing touches on import/export regulations for the cannabis industry.
Paul Glavine, president and director of Global Canna Labs, who also spoke at the summit, told current and potential investors that the company was gearing up for further exports to Australia and other nations, while opening dispensaries in Kingston, Montego Bay and other locations.
According to Glavine, the company is also moving to enhance its processing and packaging facilities and build out linkages with Jamaica’s tourism industry.
Global Canna Labs is one of the leading medical cannabis companies in Jamaica, and operates under a Tier 3 operator’s licence on its 270,000 square foot facility in the heart of Montego Bay, Jamaica.
