CANNABIS CULTURE – Watch Cannabis Culture News LIVE for the latest news and views on pot politics and the marijuana community. In this episode: The Conservative government of Canada has reintroduced nine crime bills as one ominous piece of legislation called Bill C-10. We dissect the bill and discuss the details with Beyond Prohibition Executive Director Kirk Tousaw.
The Conservatives have promised to pass Bill C-10, known as the Safe Streets and Communities Act, within 100 days. And with their majority of seats in the House of Commons, they’re expected to get their way. The new proposal contains the bill formerly known as S-10, which includes mandatory minimum sentences for minor marijuana offences.
Kirk Tousaw, cannabis activist, attorney and Executive Director of the Beyond Prohibition Foundation, joins CCN host Jeremiah Vandermeer to talk about the Harper government’s crime legislation and the impact it will have on Canadians.
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On the show:
Mounties in B.C., Across Canada Launch Grow-op Website
https://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2011/09/22/Mounties-BC-Across-Canada-Launch-Grow-op-Website
UK Liberal Democrats Overwhelmingly Back Overhaul of Drug Laws
https://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2011/09/23/Lib-Dems-Overwhelmingly-Back-Overhaul-Drug-Laws
Conservatives Reintroduce Dangerous and Costly Crime Legislation
https://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2011/09/20/Conservatives-Re-introduce-Dangerous-and-Costly-Crime-Legislation
Bill C-10
http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&DocId=5124131
How Liberals Should Reframe Crime Bills
https://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2011/09/21/How-Liberals-Should-Reframe-Crime-Bills
Liberal Party’s ‘5 reasons to oppose the omnibus crime bill’
http://www.liberal.ca/newsroom/blog/oppose-conservative-crime-bill-count-ways/
Canadian Justice Weasel Rob Nicholson Evades Questions About Costs of Conservative Crime Bill
https://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/node/28432
Omnibus Crime Bill Drawing Heavy Fire
https://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2011/09/21/Omnibus-Crime-Bill-Drawing-Heavy-Fire
Marijuana Growers to Face More Jail Than Child Rapists Under Harper’s New Omnibus Bill
https://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2011/09/22/Marijuana-Growers-Face-More-Jail-Child-Rapists-Under-Harpers-New-Omnibus-Bill
Costly Crime Bill Sure to Intensify Justice System’s Problems
https://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2011/09/23/Costly-Crime-Bill-Sure-Intensify-Justice-Systems-Problems
Sweeping Conservative crime bill only ‘the beginning’
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/sweeping-conservative-crime-bill-only-the-beginning/article2173915/
Jeremiah Vandermeer is editor of Cannabis Culture. Follow him on Facebook and Twitter.
