New regulations may spark Canada’s craft cannabis revolution

[Somatek]

Even if it were legal federally, between the provinces and municipalities I don't think you'd ever get a permit to grow at home. But if you lived in some small town up north, where you play hockey with the mayor, you may be able to get a work-around permit for your existing land

Or move to an unorganised township where there is no local gov, no permits for building, etc. My friend discovered it makes life a lot easier to build a tower when no one cares what you're doing (as long as they can still hunt the back 40, priorities & all). That makes life a lot easier if you're looking for a work around.

 

[CalyxCrusher]

Or move to an unorganised township where there is no local gov, no permits for building, etc. My friend discovered it makes life a lot easier to build a tower when no one cares what you're doing (as long as they can still hunt the back 40, priorities & all). That makes life a lot easier if you're looking for a work around.

All towns have local government no matter how small. Otherwise how would public services operate and be maintained? Ive lived in towns with less than 1000 people and they absolutely have town councils and other functioning parts of local government.

 

[Somatek]

All towns have local government no matter how small. Otherwise how would public services operate and be maintained? Ive lived in towns with less than 1000 people and they absolutely have town councils and other functioning parts of local government.

Unorganised townships don't have public services, so things like road maintenance is left up to people living there. My friend happens to be the road agent for his township. His job is to go door to door to figure out what road work people want done & are willing to pay for. Whatever they raise within the township the gov matches it dollar for dollar. 1000 people is huge compared to an unorganised township, there's probably less then a half dozen in Ontario & most are recorded as unpopulated in the census (I think there's 3 year round households in my friends, maybe 4 or 5 people total). It's the closest you can get to anarchist ideals in north america, like slab city but with fewer people & more moose/bears.

http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page2103.aspx

 

[GroErr]

Even small towns have "mayors" - lol They may not be appointed and the services are provided by the township which does have governance, but the town itself may not have anyone. I lived in such a town for years (population ~400), the "mayor" was the postmaster's husband who was just a nosy guy with nothing to do and was always acting like he was in charge, so we called him the mayor.

 

[TheRealDman]

Unorganised townships don't have public services, so things like road maintenance is left up to people living there. My friend happens to be the road agent for his township. His job is to go door to door to figure out what road work people want done & are willing to pay for. Whatever they raise within the township the gov matches it dollar for dollar. 1000 people is huge compared to an unorganised township, there's probably less then a half dozen in Ontario & most are recorded as unpopulated in the census (I think there's 3 year round households in my friends, maybe 4 or 5 people total). It's the closest you can get to anarchist ideals in north america, like slab city but with fewer people & more moose/bears.

http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Page2103.aspx

Unorganized townships are represented by their Counties. Who do you think they pay property taxes to?

 

[Somatek]

Unorganized townships are represented by their Counties. Who do you think they pay property taxes to?

As the linked posted above says, unorganised townships pay taxes to the province but that's it. Which is why my friend only pays $275/year for his 320+ acres that includes a house, cabin, most of his tower (work in progress) & a couple out buildings. That's something like 1% of the value, where can you find property taxes that low where there's organised gov salaries to pay for.

 

[Somatek]

Even small towns have "mayors" - lol They may not be appointed and the services are provided by the township which does have governance, but the town itself may not have anyone. I lived in such a town for years (population ~400), the "mayor" was the postmaster's husband who was just a nosy guy with nothing to do and was always acting like he was in charge, so we called him the mayor.

There isn't a town in most unorganised townships as the populations are officially zero on the gov books.