Canada’s NDP: Forty Years of Fighting to End the War on Marijuana
Some highlights from four decades of work by the New Democratic Party to end Canada's war on marijuana.
1971: NDP introduces bill to decriminalize marijuana possession after Liberals ignore the recommendations of the LeDain Commission Report.
1978: NDP Convention passes policy resolution calling for decriminalization of marijuana.
1980: NDP Leader Ed Broadbent calls for decriminalization of marijuana during the 1980 election campaign.








