Canadian cannabis companies qualified for more than CAD $180 million in federal government subsidies designed to retain jobs through the pandemic, but that didn’t save more than 6,000 jobs that have been lost since early 2020, according to a report by MJBizDaily.
These are unprecedented times. Today, many of our friends and colleagues are out of work and more layoffs are expected in the coming months.
We are proud to share that Cannabis At Work has become the Official Human Capital Partner of Business of Cannabis for 2020.
Brad Mahon is the Dean of Continuing Education at Mount Royal University.
Alison McMahon, founder of Cannabis at Work, joined Business of Cannabis in-studio to talk about the origins of her company, the training project she is providing in partnership with Kwantlen Polytechnic and how workplaces can ready themselves for the legalization of adult-use recreational cannabis.
https://t.co/ER2MprglRH — Business of Cannabis (@bofc_canada) June 11, 2018
Alison McMahon founded Cannabis at Work when she saw a glaring hole in Canada’s cannabis sector: the lack of staffing agencies serving the now-thriving industry.
