In about 3 or 4 years can I move to Canada with 250k US and get myself a trailer and a couple acres to grow pot for the community? Get a license to sell it to local businesses?

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• EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Are you an especially experienced crop farmer?

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  • Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    When I was a kid used to farm hay and stuff. But picked up a knack for gardening. I don’t know if someone invented before me but a miniature hot house per plant. Instead of one giant one.

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    • EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Sounds like it would be a pretty serious uphill battle

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• Riverview_Legal@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  In order to sell pot in Canada, you would need a license from the Federal government.

  canada.ca/…/industry-licensees-applicants.html

  Growing and selling vegetables would mostly depend on local By-laws.

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• adespoton@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You’ll have multiple issues there; none insurmountable.

  First, moving to Canada. Do you have citizenship or Canadian ancestors? Are you a persecuted minority from a war torn nation? You already indicated you aren’t entering the country based on wealth or needed skills.

  Second: working in Canada. Once you’ve moved here, you’ll need to get a work permit, a social insurance number, and get registered to pay personal and business taxes.

  Which brings us to the next bit: you’ll need to register a business and pay the licensing fees. If you’re planning to farm, you’ll need permits and inspections and a business plan for that as well.

  By this point you’re likely down to around $100k remaining. You MIGHT be able to find a decent trailer to buy for that price. But then you have to park it somewhere. Where I live, a couple of acres will run you around $5million CAD. But there’s lots of places out in the middle of nowhere where you can get a couple of acres for around $30k. That comes with no services however; you’ll need to bring everything you need from electricity and water to Internet and food. And likely you’ll need to pay someone with a skidder to build you a road to that acreage. And you’ll be in a place with very few people, -40 temps in the winter and hottemps in the summer with mosquitoes and black flies in swarms. And likely you’ll be outside a fire district, so the next wildfire that sweeps through will wipe you out.

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