02-23-2013, 05:19 PM
Tried those searches. Only a small bit for Ontario.
Cannabis, which, btw, as a gardener, I find a fun plant to grow and a useful medicine, is an annual. It will be replanted from seed for each crop when planted on an industrial scale. That means either tillage of the soil or 'no-till'. Can prevent erosion from tillage with substantial cost and/or maybe lots of chemicals for 'no-till' planting.
Insects? Rats? Diseases, such as fungus? Growing the plant monocrop, on an industrial scale, in a humid tropical climate? Guaranteed.
Anyone promoting the government to support hemp (or anything else) and/or encouraging farmers to grow hemp (or anything else) need to be able to do a lot more than recommend Google.