A new medical marijuana facility is aiming to create about 100 new jobs in Bracebridge.
Muskoka Medical Marijuana Company is still two months away from being ready to produce prescription pot, but officials have big expectations.
"We anticipate doing about 2,000 kilograms annually on the first floor of the building and then we can expand to the second floor down the road," says Nick Anderson, vice president of operations.
Health Canada estimates, at the end of 2016, more than 130,000 Canadians were using medical marijuana.
CEO David Grand says licenced producers are struggling to keep up with the demand, so he's already preparing for an expansion.
"We've just announced that we've acquired behind me, another 40 acres, basically to put it in perspective you can put up to three Home Depots on that land."
While the province hasn't decided how it will regulate the production and sale of recreational pot, he's preparing for that too.
"I think obviously the Muskoka name, the fresh air, clean water and so forth that will obviously help us sell a lot of product, we hope."
The company plans to do its hiring over the next few months and they expect to have plants growing by the end of the year.
