Canadian policy has no category for the controlled-environment production of specification-grade biological inputs — pharmaceutical starting materials, strategic feed and protein, specialty ingredients. It falls between every department that might fund it.

The argument: category determines fundability. A facility filed as agriculture loses on cost; filed as strategic infrastructure, it is judged on supply chain resilience.

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The Category Canada Hasn’t Named Yet

An industry insider’s note on where controlled-environment production fits in the new sovereignty conversation, and why the policy framework doesn’t quite have a home for it.

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