CANADA'S DRUG POLICY REVIEW

WHO'S WHO ON THE REVIEW

What follows is a list of all of the Members of Parliament on the Standing Committee on Health, along with their email address, their mailing address, and phone and fax numbers. Each Parliamentary address should be followed by: House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A6. No postage is required to write to an MP at their Parliamentary address.

Please contact all of these MPs by phone or mail and encourage them to support tolerance and harm reduction instead of incarceration and "demand reduction". If you live in or near their riding then please call their local office and make an appointment to speak to them in person. If possible, please forward me a copy of any statements any of them make about this issue.

This review provides us with an excellent opportunity to present our arguments in a public forum, and possibly convince our elected oppressors to make serious changes to Canada's drug policy. We have to put as much pressure upon these MPs as possible, and explain to each of them how prohibition is more harmful than any of the substances in question could ever be.

If you have never contacted your government before, now is the time for you to do so. Please write, call, fax or email each of these MPs, especially if they are in your province or region, and briefly explain why you support an end to the war on people who use currently banned herbs and drugs. If you can only send one letter, send it to the committee clerk, and ask him to forward it to all of the members of the Committee. Be sure to contact local and national media as well.

LIBERAL MEMBERS

for a complete list of email addresses for Liberal MPs, go to www.liberal.ca/english/INFONET/INFOFAX/mp_mail.html

MP Dhaliwal Harbance Singh Dhaliwal Vancouver South, BC


MP Hickey Bonnie Hickey St. John's East, Newfoundland


MP Murphy John Murphy Annapolis Valley - Hants, Nova Scotia

  • Room 732, Confederation Building
  • murphj@parl.gc.ca
  • ph (613)995-8231
  • fax (613)996-9349
"I would not support changes to Bill C-7 which would legalize the use of marijuana in Canada..."
"Rather than legalizing drugs to control quality, I believe that greater efforts should be made to educate people, in particular young people, of the short and long term hazards of drug use."


MP Scott Andy Scott Fredericton - York - Sunbury, New Brunswick

  • Room 244, Confederation Building
  • scotta@parl.gc.ca
  • ph (613)992-1067
  • fax (613)996-9955
"Is there any evidence to suggest that offering a decriminalized opportunity to consume cannabis would increase consumption? I don't think there would be. I think people have already made that choice."


MP Simmons Roger Simmons (Committee Chairperson) Burin - St George, Newfoundland

  • Room 458, Confederation Building
  • simmor@parl.gc.ca
  • ph (613)992-8655
  • fax (613)992-5324


MP Szabo Paul Szabo Mississauga South, Ontario

  • Room 175, Confederation Building
  • szabop@parl.gc.ca
  • ph (613)992-4848
  • fax (613)996-3267
"Marijuana is about 15 times more potent today than it was 10 years ago. Marijuana today is as potent as cocaine was 10 years ago. Let there be no confusion, marijuana is a dangerous drug which can have serious health impacts."
". . .with regard to the commercial production of hemp that it is a long way off, if indeed it is appropriate at all."


MP Volpe Joseph Volpe Eglinton - Lawrence, Ontario

  • Room 349, Confederation Building
  • volpej@parl.gc.ca
  • ph (613)992-6361
  • fax (613)992-9791

BLOC QUÉBECOIS MEMBERS

for a complete listing of Bloc Québecois MPs and their email addresses, go to www.opposition.parl.gc.ca/en/depu.htm

MP Dubé Antoine Dubé Levis, Quebec

Although I do not have a direct quote available from Antoine Dube, I have been informed by one of his constituents that he is in support of lowering the penalties for marijuana, and possible complete decriminalization.


MP Picard Pauline Picard Drummond, Quebec


REFORM MEMBERS

for a complete list of Reform MPs email addresses, go to www.reform.ca/mps.html

MP Martin Dr Keith Martin Esquimalt - Juan de Fuca, BC

In personal correspondence, Dr Martin has indicated that he supports marijuana prohibition.


MP Hill Dr Grant Hill Macleod, Alberta

"Your desire to have cannabis more available in Canada is something that I am personally opposed to. This opposition is based upon two grounds. First, in my experience as a physician I treated patients with addictions. Second, the experiences of other countries where cannabis has been made far more available than it is in Canada. In neither case have I found evidence of an overall benefit for society."


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