Can'tTrust (TRST-T) chairman Eric Paul and chief executive officer Peter Aceto were made aware the company was growing weed in unlicensed rooms about seven months before Health Canada uncovered the regulatory breach, internal e-mails show.
An e-mail dated Nov. 16, 2018, Graham Lee, Canntrust's director of quality and compliance, informed Mr. Aceto and other executives about a Health Canada inspection that had just been completed. It had revealed several compliance breaches but missed the plants growing in unlicensed rooms.
"We dodged some bullets," Mr. Lee wrote. "[Health Canada] did not ask about RG8E/W, which are unlicensed rooms currently full of plants." Mr. Lee wrote: "Although serious, on their own, each of these can be talked through with [Health Canada].
The concern is that together they will paint a picture with the regulator of a company not in control. We have dodged observations for items 1 and 6 despite having HC in the building." Along with Mr. Aceto, the e-mail was sent to Ian Abramowitz, a Canntrust executive who was chief financial officer at the time. |
