Without the good folks in BC risking it all, you folks back East would still be smoking Mexican brick weed or African hash, remember the 80's?. We grow it but Easterners come to us looking for quality. If easterners knew how to grow quality it wouldn't be an issue. The border shut down because the West coast states legalized it, no more need to smuggle across international borders.
I find it doubtful that easterners look to BC for quality weed, considering anybody can easily buy the seeds. Maybe if they want outdoor that is slightly better than eastern outdoor due to better climate, but who the fuck wants outdoor anyway? Even BC outdoor is fucking shit, all outdoor is. Why? Who knows? Probably fast ripening strains are weak. All we know is that outdoor is almost always crap. Besides, BC hardly originated growing decent weed. They just imported the cuts and seeds from the west US growers. BC is basically wannabe US west coasters, but their climate is not as good so they put out crappier outdoor weed. May not have noticed but BC is considerably farther north than western US. Southern Ontario is actually the most south location in Canada, not Rainville. Incidentally, you know rainy weather is not good for potent cannabis, right? Might as well grow weed in fucking London.
Marc Emery would also like to see himself as the Cannabis seed guy. Well, obviously just copied the Dutch. Emery's distinction is that he was so fucking stupid he just blatantly broke major US laws and got himself 5 years in the can. Dumb bastard didn't put one cent away to flee the country if necessary, gave it all away like a fucking moron.