The Senate Committee studying C-15, a bill that would bring mandatory minimum prison sentences for marijuana to Canada, has given its approval with minor amendments. The bill now proceeds to the Senate for a final vote.
The fact is there were no weapons, no booby-traps and no criminal records, just a couple of Vietnamese people running a medium scale grow facility. This kind of systemic racism, common in BC, seems to have spread to Ontario.
CANNABIS CULTURE - Rick Simpson, a Canadian man known for treating cancer patients with his signature 'hemp oil', says police have raided his Nova Scotia home - and he won't be coming back to Canada from Europe to face charges.
While the Canadian government refuses to protect its own peaceful, productive natural-born citizen from extradition, Polanski’s adopted country of France is fighting to keep this confessed sex offender from facing the U.S. justice system.
On Wednesday, December 2, 2009 CSSDP chapters across Canada are going to be demonstrating against the introduction of mandatory minimum sentences, sending the message that young Canadians need education not condemnation. Mandatory incarceration will not help young Canadians!
CANNABIS CULTURE - In this episode, Marc talks about the 6000-page 'Marc Emery Papers' made up of classified documents and communications between US and Canadian authorities. All top-secret; all about Marc!