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A medical marijuana company in Gatineau has snagged a high-profile former politician to work for its growing operation.

Terry Lake, who until a few months ago was B.C.’s Health Minister, will take a job as vice-president at Hydropothecary Corp., the company announced Thursday.

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Lake served eight years in the B.C. legislature, and was health minister in the Liberal government between 2013 and the spring of 2017. He didn’t run in the provincial election in May.

A veterinarian by training, Lake got into politics as a municipal councillor and served a term as mayor of Kamloops. As health minister he managed the province’s response to the escalating opioid crisis. Lake received the Canadian Public Health Association’s National Public Health Hero Award in May 2017, said Hydropothecary in a news release.

Lake said he has had a relationship with Hydropthecary co-founder Adam Miron for more than 12 years now. Miron had stayed in constant communication with Lake about the fledgling business. When the opportunity came to join the team, he jumped at it.