Cannabis has been fully legalized in Canada for both medical and recreational use. This is a major shift for a first-world nation and Canada is leading the way with decriminalization and full legalization of a substance with great medical and personal value. Nowhere have those changes to the legal status of marijuana been felt more fully than in our great First Nation communities throughout Canada.
Cannabis As an Opportunity
First Nation Cannabis Merchant Services
The changes in the laws have created a huge opportunity for entrepreneurial people looking to create a now fully legal business entity. In the First Nation communities, this has proven to be a powerful source of income and social mobility for an entire group of people. Canadian laws and policing have done a disservice to the many First Nation communities and it’s great to see the laws being changed as an opportunity to help build up the communities so negatively impacted by the war on drugs.
Health Canada Cannabis updates.
Building Up Communities
Legally history has shown that people of color and First Nation citizens have been negatively targeted and impacted by law enforcement for cannabis-related crimes and infractions. Those past laws are no longer enforceable and have been struck from the books, creating an opportunity for communities to build themselves up through a legal Cannabis business.
Credit card processing for these companies isn’t as straightforwards as it should be as some banks and merchant services have been unwilling to approve merchant accounts. This should not be the case and as we see more of a demand for credit and debit card processing for cannabis and CBD now in 2021.
First-Nation Communities and Cannabis
We are proud to be the leading merchant service provider for First Nation businesses looking to sell cannabis. Through our relationship with Canadian debit card service Interac, we’ve been able to provide more accounts to new cannabis retailers than any other merchant service provider.
Growers Are Now Sellers
Growing cannabis requires a lot of planning, knowledge, consistency, and patience. In the past growers had to operate in the shadows, even when laws were changed to legal status, things didn’t flip overnight. First nation communities that were at the forefront of legal cannabis production are now also taking the reigns and building profitable cannabis sales businesses to dispensaries across the nation.
Find out how we can help you get started today. First Nation Cannabis Merchant Services in Canada, offered right here at BrotherProcessing.com
