its not canada its CITES, they are a burocratic monopoly on trade,
if you guys thing they are hard on aquarium trade you should check out orchids,
All orchids are cites listed even if they are hybreds from 400years ago, and havent even been close to the wild they are cites listed and you need cites certificate to transport them across boarders, at a price of $80 a permit and that only covers one species / hybred at a time, so if you want to order 5 different species you need 5 different paperwork @ $80 thats $400 for 5 plants, plus you need phytoscant certificate and they are $100 but one covers all your plants. Now add the cost of each plant being 40-80 and you spend alot to get a little. Then it takes around 8 years to multiply your orchids to suficient quantities to sell, then its 4-8 more years untill they are big enough to flower and sell.
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