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The Conservative Public Saftey Minister thinks a federal election would kill the Harper government's nasty new crime bills. This is exactly why we need an election.

[img_assist|nid=19676|title=|desc=Ed deVries displays his ordination certificate as a minister of the Church of the Universe and the official charter for the Best Plant Believers Mission of Nunavut. The charter document was on the door of the room of his house where guests buy and consume marijuana and derivative products. DeVries argues that room was therefore marked as a church sanctuary which should not have been violated by police.

If you don't know the back story, later this month in Seattle, Marc Emery, the so-called "Prince of Pot," is scheduled to be sentenced to five years in American prison for selling marijuana seeds through the mail.

So let’s be sure we get this right. A lengthy and no doubt expensive and time consuming police operation is being called a success because a few people were arrested and just over 10,000 marijuana plants were seized. Plants that, by the way, appear to be valued by police at $1000 per plant.

After already appointing a climate change denier and a creationist who believes the earth is 5,000 years old to important scientific positions within his administration, Stephen Harper has officially crossed the line.
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