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New crop
Grow hemp for fibre
by David Scott
t isn't marijuana. It is a
fibre crop, like cotton
or flax and as of March
1, 1998, it is legal to grow
in Canada. And some may
be grown in Huron.
Although hemp is a
member of the cannabis
family like marijuana. it
has been grown over the
years for its fibre. Hemp
has three times the fibre in
its stalk than marijuana.
And hemp, by definition,
contains only 0.3 per cent
of the drug tetrahydro-
cannabinol (THC) in its
leaves while marijuana
generally averages three to
five per cent THC.
Once you get past the
differing definitions and
legal red tapc what you
have is a crop with incred-
ible economic potential. It
is this potential which
likely convinced the
Canadian, Senate to
approve Bill C-8 which
makes it legal to grow and
harvest hemp stalk. But it
also took the convincing
of a young erigineer,
Geofrey Kime, president
of Hempline, to get -the
senate to budge.
Kime has spent the past
five or six years research-
ing hemp production in
Canada. The major break-
through in allowing the
cultivation of hemp in
Canada was having hemp
stalk and fibre excluded
from being a regulated
substance. "This is a direct
result of a request I made
in front of the Senate. I
knew it was one last
chance citizens had to
comment on the bill," said
Kime. The old law was so
broad, everything that
could be made froi: hemp
was defined as a regulated
substance, from paper and
textile to cloth and con-
struction material.
The president of the
London-based Hempline
made his pitch in Ottawa
in April 1996 and by June
of that year, the bill
(which started out as Rill
C-7, turned into .Bill C-8
and led to the new
Controlled Drugs and
Substances Act) had
received Royal assent. It
was proclaimed into law
last spring, on May 14,
1997.
"It was a surprising out-
come. 1 did it purely out of
commercial intent and
practicality. They (the sen-
ate) saw it clearly made
economic sense...
Kime credits Senator
Lorna Milne of the
Toronto area as the "single
most supportive and reac-
tive politician on this
issue." She saw the poten-
tial of legalizing hemp and
"she's the one who carried
it forward." Kime has
nothing but positive things
to say about rural MPs like
Rose -Marie Ur of
Lambton-Kent-Middlesex,
Paul Stecklc of Huron -
Bruce and many others
who have been supportive
of the bill. "They con-
• see 'Many', page 37
Goof Kime of Hempline holds bast fibres from a
test crop of hemp which can be used to make
textiles like carpeting.