Browsing: Bill C-15

CANNABIS CULTURE - New Democratic MP Libby Davies says the Conservative and Liberal 'War On Drugs' and the mandatory minimums that go with it "will be a colossal failure for Canada, both economically and politically".

The ending was anticlimactic. On Monday evening, just as Canadians were sitting down to dinner, Parliament quietly enacted one of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's most controversial pieces of legislation.

CANNABIS CULTURE - Marijuana activist Marc Emery thinks new drug legislation supported by Conservatives and Liberals will mean more Canadians in jail for non-violent crimes.

CANNABIS CULTURE - Controversial drug bill C-15, which includes mandatory minimum jail sentences for small amounts of marijuana, passed the Canadian House of Commons with the support of both Liberal and Conservative parties. The bill now moves to the Senate for a final vote.

Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff seems to be facing some serious trouble at the party grassroots -- all revolving around the caucus decision to support this bill - C-15, which introduces mandatory prison sentences for drug crimes.
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