Canadian Cannabis News
Council Erupts Over Pot Motion
Monday night motion to support Stop the Violence BC campaign sparks heated debate; Mayor Dooley says he will ‘go to the wall’ to keep it from happening
Emotions ran high Monday night as Nelson city council debated a resolution that asked the mayor to write a letter in support of the Stop the Violence BC campaign.
“I believe it will have a negative impact on our community,” said Mayor John Dooley. “The domestic market is only supporting a small portion of organized crime. The drugs that are being grown in British Columbia are being sold to the United States in exchange for cocaine that is being brought back to be sold to the youth in this community and the children in our schoolyards. I sit on the police board, I see the evidence and I can not put this community in that position.”
Stop the Violence BC is a coalition… Continue reading
Crown urges Ontario court to overturn medical marijuana ruling
The Crown on Monday urged Ontario’s Court of Appeal to overturn a controversial ruling that struck down the federal legislation governing access to medical marijuana.
The case centres on Toronto marijuana activist Matthew Mernagh, who launched a constitutional challenge after being charged with producing marijuana illegally. The trial judge accepted Mernagh’s position that the federal Marihuana Medical Access Regulations (MMAR) constitute an unfair barrier for sick people, and struck down both the MMAR and sections of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act banning marijuana production and possession. That ruling is on hold pending the outcome of the federal government’s appeal.
Before three Appeal Court judges Monday, Crown attorney Croft Michaelson rejected the trial judge’s findings as “extravagant and wholly unsupported by the record.”
Michaelson said Justice Donald Taliano made numerous errors in finding that Canadian doctors have engaged in a “massive boycott” of the medical marijuana program, leaving many needy… Continue reading
Time To Get Off The Pot
I am what is commonly referred to as a Red Tory. Which means that, while I am a card-carrying member of both the Conservative Party of Canada and the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario ( and a board member on both riding associations ), I don’t necessarily agree with everything that my two political parties set as policy.
And that’s fine; this is a democracy, and the policies of the parties I belong to are built from the grassroots-up. Any party member can propose a policy or policy change, which then is debated locally, regionally, and nationally.
Most of us Red Tories are lockstep with the economic policies of the Conservative parties, but tend to be a little more relaxed when it comes to social policies. I like to look at each of these issues individually, and base my opinions on my own understanding of the facts.
I don’t let… Continue reading
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