Canada's representative at the Bioresource Hemp symposium was Gordon Reichert, an employee of the Market Analysis Division of Agriculture &Agri-Food Canada (AAFC).
On May 17, senior federal drug prosecutor Lindsay Smith wrote a letter to the Vancouver police, advising them that the Crown would no longerapprove drug possession charges in Vancouver.
On March 10th Constable Jewett walked into Back to the Garden, a hemp store in Prince George. Constable Jewett took a look around, and then spoke to the owner, Darren Rinaldi, about the legality of selling High Times magazine and books detailing how to grow cannabis.