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- ↑ Keith Speights (May 20, 2018), "This Was the Biggest Marijuana IPO in History -- but Is the Stock a Buy?", Motley Fool
- 1 2 François Desjardins (16 September 2017), "Le Québec, terre promise des producteurs de cannabis" [Quebec, the promised land for producers of cannabis], Le Devoir (in French), Montreal
- ↑ "TGOD Announces Conditional Approval of Listing Application on the Canadian Securities Exchange and Pending Voluntary Delisting from the Toronto Stock Exchange" (Press release). CNW Group. August 26, 2021.
- ↑ Mario Pitre (19 January 2018), "Investissement de 150 M$ pour la production de cannabis - Saint-François", Journal Saint Francois (in French), Valleyfield, Quebec
- ↑ "Un important producteur de cannabis s'implante à Valleyfield", Journal Saint Francois (in French), Valleyfield, Quebec, 19 September 2017
- ↑ Mark Rendell (July 13, 2018), "Rejection of Hamilton-area expansion plan a setback for cannabis grower Green Organic", The Financial Post
