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Exposing the Reefer Madness of the Parliament of CanadaHow does your Member of Parliament feel about Cannabis Prohibition?

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"Again, simply to reiterate, the trafficking of marijuana is the lifeblood of organized crime, so when we are including that in this legislation it's to target things like that, trafficking in marijuana."

Official Party stance: Possession and Sales of Marijuana is a Criminal Offense.

November 23rd, 2011 / 8:05 p.m. “Justice Committee on Nov. 23rd, 2011”OpenParliament.cahttp://openparliament.ca/committees/justice/41-1/15/kyle-seeback-1/

Kyle Seeback, MP - Brampton West

Ontario(Conservative)

"no statement found - 5 August 2014"

Official Party stance: Use of Marijuana should not be legal, but

consequences of possession and sales should be minimized.

5 August 2014 “No statement found“OnTheWeb.ca

http://unschedulecannabis.blogspot.ca/2014/02/djaouida-sellah-mp-saint-bruno-saint.html

Djaouida Sellah, MPNew Democratic Party of Canada(450) 926-5979

[email protected]

twitter.com/DSellahNPDfacebook.com/Djaouida.Sellahyoutube.com/DjaouidaSellah

Saint-Bruno-Saint-Hubert (Quebec)

"For example, as my colleague just mentioned, this legislation suggests minimum penalties for certain drug crimes that are harsher than those for certain sexually driven crimes involving children. We have to look at both of those and try to see where there is a balance. I would suspect that any crime involving children and sexual activity would have the harshest of penalties applied. Instead there seems to be a difference in how that would be applied. We do not support the idea of someone growing marijuana plants either, but it certainly should not have a stricter penalty, or at least both of them should be at the appropriate level. If we are truly talking about protecting the vulnerable, we have to do far more than what is written in Bill C-10."

Official Party stance: Marijuana should be legalized and regulated

September 27th, 2011 / 5:25 p.m. “Safe Streets and Communities Act: Government Orders”OpenParliament.cahttp://openparliament.ca/debates/2011/9/27/judy-sgro-5/

Judy Sgro, MP - York West,

Ontario(Liberal)

“As most Islanders, I have been greatly disappointed, over the past few days, to see the PEI Liberal MPs endorsing Justin Trudeau’s reckless position on marijuana legalization. From my perspective, that raises questions over his judgement as he seeks support from Islanders and Canadians to become the leader of this country."


Aug 26, 2013 “Minister Shea Concerned about impact Liberal Marijuana Policy would have on Island Families”GailShea.cahttp://gailshea.ca/2013/minister-shea-concerned-about-impact-liberal-marijuana-policy-would-have-on-island-families/

Gail Shea, MP - Egmont

PEI(Conservative)


Official Party stance: Possession and Sales of Marijuana is a

Criminal Offense. 5 August 2014 “No statement found“

OnTheWeb.cahttp://unschedulecannabis.blogspot.ca/2014/02/bev-shipley-mp-lambton-kent-middlesex.html

Bev Shipley, MPConservative Party of Canada1-800-586-4614 / (519) 245-6561

[email protected]

twitter.com/BevShipleyMPfacebook.com/BevShipleyMPyoutube.com/shiplb1

Lambton-Kent-Middlesex (Ontario)

"As I mentioned, more than one million contraband cigarettes were confiscated in one year, and marijuana also. The target for all these drugs and contraband cigarettes ultimately is our youth, the young children in our schools.I would ask my colleague to help us to implement these rules so that we can protect our youth from all these smugglers."


June 12th, 2012 / 9:45 p.m. “Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act: Government Orders“OpenParliament.cahttp://openparliament.ca/debates/2012/6/12/devinder-shory-2/http://unschedulecannabis.blogspot.ca/2014/02/davinder-shory-mp-calgary-northeast.html

Devinder Shory, MP - Calgary Northeast

Alberta(Conservative)

When posed the question, Bonavista-Gander-Grand Falls-Windsor Liberal MP Scott Simms didn't hesitate in admitting he has smoked marijuana.“Yes, I've done it, and guess what? I inhaled too,” Simms said (making reference to the Bill Clinton admission that he had smoked but “never inhaled.”)When asked if he had smoked as a sitting member of parliament, however, Simms said he had no comment.“I've never performed my job high or drunk, as for outside of my job, that's for me,” Simms said. “I didn't get into office personally to talk about my Friday nights with friends and what exactly I do.”


September 04, 2013 “Simms calls for mature debate on pot issue: Liberal MP admits to using marijuana, comes out in favour of legalization”Andrea Gunn gfwadvertiser.cahttp://www.gfwadvertiser.ca/News/Regional/2013-09-04/article-3374801/Simms-calls-for-mature-debate-on-pot-issue/1

Scott Simms, MP - Bonavista-

Gander-Grand Falls-Windsor

NFLD(Liberal)

http://www.gfwadvertiser.ca/Author-Andrea-Gunn/1092/1

http://www.gfwadvertiser.ca/Author-Andrea-Gunn/1092/1

Jinny Jogindera Sims, MPNew Democratic Party of Canada(604) 598-2200

[email protected]

twitter.com/jinnysimsfacebook.com/jinny.sims.7youtube.com/JinnySimsNDP


Official Party stance: Use of Marijuana should not be legal, but

consequences of possession and sales should be minimized.


http://unschedulecannabis.blogspot.ca/2014/02/jinny-jogindera-sims-mp-newton-north.html

Newton-North Delta (British Columbia)

Dear Sam, Thanks for your e-mail regarding the NDP’s position on marijuana. In regards to the NDP, we were the first party to support decriminalization in 1999. At our convention in 2011 a more updated resolution was passed (see below). Although the resolution begins with a position on InSite, it ends with a clear direction for a non-criminal, regulatory approach. I have consistently opposed prohibition drug policies as harmful and archaic, and supported the need for drug policy reform. I will continue to work for this. Thanks for writing.

Official Party stance: Use of Marijuana should not be legal, but consequences of possession and sales should be minimized.

Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:12 PM “Email“<[email protected]> wrote:http://unschedulecannabis.blogspot.ca/2014/02/rathika-sitsabaiesan-mp-scarborough.html

Rathika Sitsabaiesan, MP - Scarborough-

Rouge RiverOntario(NDP)

"Unlike other better known drugs of abuse, such as heroin, cocaine or marijuana, crystal meth and ecstasy present some unique challenges."


April 13th, 2010 / 5:50 p.m. “CONTROLLED DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES ACT: Private Members' Business”OpenParliament.cahttp://openparliament.ca/debates/2010/4/13/joy-smith-1/

Joy Smith, MP - Kildonan-St. Paul

Manitoba(Conservative)

"Mr. Speaker, studies have shown that marijuana puts some teens at risk of developing addiction and mental health problems as adults. Were the parents of the students at Sioux Valley first nation school, in Manitoba, told that the Liberal leader was going to promote marijuana legalization in front of their young children? This school is right next to my constituency. Will the parliamentary secretary explain to my constituents what our government is doing to protect children from illicit drugs?"


November 18th, 2013 / 2:50 p.m. “Health: Oral Questions”OpenParliament.cahttp://openparliament.ca/debates/2013/11/18/robert-sopuck-1/

Robert Sopuck, MP - Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette

Manitoba(Conservative)

"Our efforts in the area of prevention will focus on youth. As well as a public awareness campaign, this will include community based drug use and crime prevention initiatives. We could spend our entire time speaking about the opportunities that we have in prevention, but the drug strategy does more than that. It also will target the production of drugs in Canada, including marijuana grow ops and clandestine labs. We will target those organized criminals who exploit for profit and attack our youth and other vulnerable citizens through drug dependency."


November 14th, 2007 / 6:55 p.m. “Youth Criminal Justice Act: Private Members' Business”OpenParliament.cahttp://openparliament.ca/debates/2007/11/14/kevin-sorenson-2/

Hon. Kevin Sorenson, MP - Crowfoot


Bruce Stanton: I oppose legalization of marijuana or decriminalization. I support measures to make insignificant/recreational use of cannabis subject to fines instead of imprisonment - per Chiefs of Police proposals.Sam Vekemans: Thanks for your response. It will be publicly noted, and shared so others won't have to ask you again.Cannabis is not as dangerous as one might think.What is 'insignificant' when the raw plant is not taken into consideration? Juicing the raw plant leaves, or making the plant into an Oil, has great benefits, but not considered.It is unethical to prohibit a plant that was criminalized based on lies and propaganda.http://www.cnn.com/.../gupta-medical-marijuana/index.htmlBruce Stanton: Interesting. I would hope uses of the plant that don't involve intoxication could not be considered "criminal". However, it raises issues of control on how one would enforce these other uses. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.


March 6, 2014 at 10:57am “Facebook question for clarification of the consultation document http://www.brucestanton.ca/media/Public-Pre-03-12-12.pdf”https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10153951325210121&id=6236822310&comment_id=47461934&offset=0&total_comments=5

Bruce Stanton, MP - Simcoe North (Conservative)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bruce-Stanton/6236822310

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/05/health/gupta-medical-marijuana/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/05/health/gupta-medical-marijuana/index.html

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bruce-Stanton/6236822310

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10153951325210121&id=6236822310&comment_id=47461934&offset=0&total_comments=5

http://www.brucestanton.ca/media/Public-Pre-03-12-12.pdf

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10153951325210121&id=6236822310&comment_id=47461934&offset=0&total_comments=5

Lise St-Denis, MPLiberal Party of Canada(819) 538-5291(seulement la communication française)

[email protected]

"Aucune déclaration Trouvé - 6 August 2014"

6 August 2014 “Aucune déclaration Trouvé“OnTheWeb.ca

http://unschedulecannabis.blogspot.ca/2014/02/lise-st-denis-mp-saint-maurice-champlain.html

Position du Parti officiel: la marijuana devrait être légalisée et réglementée

Saint-Maurice-Champlain (Quebec)

WILL NOT BE SEEKING RE-

ELECTION

Kennedy Stewart, MPNew Democratic Party of Canada(604) 291-8863

[email protected]

twitter.com/kennedystewartfacebook.com/kennedy.stewartyoutube.com/kennedystewart


Official Party stance: Use of Marijuana should not be legal, but consequences of possession and sales should

be minimized.


http://unschedulecannabis.blogspot.ca/2014/02/kennedy-stewart-mp-burnaby-douglas.html

Burnaby-Douglas (British Columbia)

"I am one who does not believe that if a 17 year old uses a joint in an indiscretion, or on an experimental basis or whatever, that individual should have a criminal record for life. Should that person be smoking marijuana? No. Should we educate individuals to inform them of the harm of marijuana or of any other drug use? Absolutely. To give them a criminal record is simply not going to do it. That has not worked in over 40 years. What makes us think it is going to work now?"


October 29th, 2003 / 5 p.m. “Criminal Code: Government Orders”http://openparliament.ca/debates/2003/10/29/peter-stoffer-3/

Peter Stoffer, MP - Sackville-Eastern

Shore Nova Scotia

(NDP)DID NOT VOTE ON BILL C-10

"Bill C-15, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make related and consequential amendments to other Acts, was introduced in the House of Commons on 27 February 2009 by the Minister of Justice. Its intention was to provide for minimum penalties for serious drug offences, such as dealing drugs for organized crime purposes or when a weapon or violence is involved. Currently, there are no mandatory minimum penalties under the CDSA. The bill also increases the maximum penalty for cannabis production."


December 16, 2009 “News Release”BrianStorseth.cahttp://www.brianstorseth.ca/mp/upload/files/30/docs/pressreleases/mr__10.12.2009__c15.pdf

Brian Storseth, MP - Westlock-St. Paul


"Organized crime has infiltrated the Program, and there is no ability for city officials or firefighters to even know where these so called legal grows are located. "Fortunately, our government is making significant changes to the Program, and we will make it illegal to grow medical marihuana in neighbourhoods by March 2014."


Thu, 04/25/2013 “Strahl speaks out against marihuana grow-ops”MarkStrahl.comhttp://www.markstrahl.com/press-releases/strahl-speaks-out-against-marihuana-grow-ops

Mark Strahl, MP - Chilliwack-Fraser

CanyonBritish Columbia(Conservative)

Mr. Speaker, the point of places like InSite is that, regardless of whether the purchase of heroin is legal, it will be consumed by some individuals because there is a thriving trade in drugs that we do not accept, and none of us like it, but it is there. Just as there is a trade in marijuana and a trade in crack cocaine, there is a trade in heroin, and the problem with the trade in heroin is that with it come some very unacceptable consequences of disease and death and the exposure of small children to very dangerous things. That is the type of thing that InSite is attempting to prevent, and that is the kind of thing for which these places need to exist.


January 27th, 2014 / 3:50 p.m. “Respect for Communities Act Government Orders“Openparliament.cahttp://openparliament.ca/debates/2014/1/27/mike-sullivan-3/http://unschedulecannabis.blogspot.ca/2014/02/mike-sullivan-mp-york-south-weston.html

Mike Sullivan, MP - York South-Weston

Ontario(NDP)

Canada presently has the legalized medical use of marijuana, but I must point out that we also have a number of young people using it and they were now suffering from psychosis disorders and some have lost the good functioning of their brains from it. Specialists and clinics have been opened to work with these young people some who have gone into schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder and other psychotic diseases.


Thursday, 9 August 2007 “David Sweet, M.P. Conservative Party. Canada.“Posted by Paul Pot at 03:45http://prohibitionisacrime.blogspot.ca/2007/08/dear-mr.htmlhttp://unschedulecannabis.blogspot.ca/2014/02/david-sweet-ancaster-dundas-flamborough.html

David Sweet, Ancaster-Dundas-

Flamborough-WestdaleOntario

(Conservative)

“This speaks to the heart of why I am so concerned about the way this process is unfolding. Without pulling punches, it is clear that Bill C-2 is part of a larger attempt by the Conservatives to align all government policies and programs with their anti-drug and abstinence ideals. They are slowly removing all avenues for Canadians to safely address their addictions at safe injection sites and to access medical marijuana for therapeutic needs.”


November 28th, 2013 / 10:30 a.m. “Respect for Communities Act: Government Orders”OpenParliament.cahttp://openparliament.ca/debates/2013/11/28/glenn-thibeault-1/

Glenn Thibeault, MP - Sudbury

Ontario(NDP)

http://openparliament.ca/bills/41-2/C-2/

April 15th, 2008 / 12:05 p.m. “Controlled Drugs and Substances Act: Government Orders”OpenParliament.cahttp://openparliament.ca/debates/2008/4/15/david-tilson-1/

“Cannabis is a schedule II drug and attracts lesser penalties. It is only if at least three kilograms are involved that trafficking and possession for the purpose of trafficking are punishable by up to life imprisonment. Production of cannabis is punishable by up to seven years' imprisonment.”


David Tilson, MP - Duffern-Caledon


Lawrence Toet, MPConservative Party of Canada(204) 984-2499

[email protected]

twitter.com/lawrencetoetMPfacebook.com/lawrence.toetyoutube.com/lawrencetoet




http://unschedulecannabis.blogspot.ca/2014/02/lawrence-toet-mp-elmwood-transconia.html

Elmwood-Transconia (Manitoba)

Philip Toone, MPNew Democratic Party of Canada1-866-368-1855 / (418) 368-1855(seulement la communication française)

[email protected]

twitter.com/TooneNPDfacebook.com/PhilipTooneyoutube.com/philiptoone



http://unschedulecannabis.blogspot.ca/2014/02/philip-toone-mp.html

Officiel position du Parti: utilisation de la marijuana ne devrait pas être légal, mais les conséquences de la possession et de la

vente devrait être réduit au minimum.

Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine (Quebec)

Jonathan Tremblay, MPNew Democratic Party of Canada(418) 660-6776(seulement la communication française)

[email protected]

facebook.com/depute.jonathan.tremblay


6 August 2014 “Aucune déclaration Trouvé “OnTheWeb.ca

http://unschedulecannabis.blogspot.ca/2014/02/jonathan-tremblay-mp.html



Montmorency-Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord (Quebec)

Liberal senators and other lefty elitists (who think growing 20 marijuana plants is not a serious offence) probably see experimenting with drugs as a rite of passage for Canadian youth. In contrast, the vast majority of parents in my riding do not regard smoking marijuana as recreational. They would much rather have their kids doing their homework than smoking pot supplied by a drug dealer with “only 20 plants.”


March 12th, 2012 “Tough on Illegal Drugs”BradTrost.cahttp://www.bradtrost.ca/commentary/2012/03/12/tough-on-illegal-drugs/

Brad Trost, MP - Saskatoon-Humboldt

(Conservative)

November 15th, 2004 / 1:50 p.m. “Criminal Code: Government Orders”OpenParliament.cahttp://openparliament.ca/debates/2004/11/15/bradley-trost-1/

"As seems clear from other legislation, the government seems intent on decriminalizing, and in my opinion I believe eventually fully legalizing marijuana."

http://www.bradtrost.ca/commentary/2012/03/12/tough-on-illegal-drugs/

January 31, 2014 “Newsletter”BernardTrottierMP.cahttp://www.bernardtrottiermp.ca/media/0131-BernardTrottier-Newsletter.pdf

"While we’re building a stronger Canadian economy, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau chose legalizing marijuana as his top policy priority, offering nothing on the economy and NDP leader Thomas Mulcair keeps pushing a high tax and spend agenda including a $20 billion job-killing carbon tax."


Bernard Trottier, MP - Etobicoke-Lakeshore


DID NOT VOTE ON BILL C-10

“If Rob Ford decided he wanted to run for the Liberal Party in 2015, we’d say, ‘No, sorry, the way you approach things, the way you govern, the way you behave is not suitable to the kind of Liberal team we want to build.”Trudeau also defended his plan to legalize pot.“Our current approach is not working. We need to control and regulate and protect our kids,” he said.


April 2, 2014 | Last Updated: Apr 2 2:45 PM ET “Justin Trudeau makes another swear, rules out Rob Ford running for Liberals in chummy CBC interview”Josh Visser National Posthttp://news.nationalpost.com/2014/04/02/justin-trudeau-makes-another-swear-rules-out-rob-ford-running-for-liberals-in-chummy-cbc-interview/

Justin Trudeau, MP - Papineau

Quebec (Liberal)

http://news.nationalpost.com/author/joshvisser/

http://news.nationalpost.com/author/joshvisser/

“I’m very interested in drawing on best practices and not repeating mistakes that other people might make.”

“What matters now, is ending a marijuana prohibition policy that he says costs law enforcement $500-million a year and has left 475,000 people with criminal records since the Conservatives took office in 2006.”

January 23, 2014 10:19 AM ET “Justin Trudeau says Canada should ‘draw on best practices’ from marijuana legalization in Colorado, Washington”Bill Graveland, Canadian Presshttp://news.nationalpost.com/2014/01/23/justin-trudeau-says-canada-should-draw-on-best-practices-from-marijuana-legalization-in-colorado-washington/

Justin Trudeau, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

http://news.nationalpost.com/author/canadianpressnp/

http://news.nationalpost.com/author/canadianpressnp/

Susan Truppe, MPConservative Party of Canada(519) 663-9777

[email protected]

twitter.com/SusanTruppefacebook.com/susantruppeyoutube.com/SusanTruppeMP




http://unschedulecannabis.blogspot.ca/2014/02/susan-truppe-mp-london-north-centre.html

London North Centre (Ontario)

Nycole Turmel, MPNew Democratic Party of Canada(819) 994-8844(seulement la communication française)

[email protected]

twitter.com/nycole_turmelfacebook.com/Turmel.Nycoleyoutube.com/NycoleTurmel



http://unschedulecannabis.blogspot.ca/2014/02/nycole-turmel-mp-edmonton-sherwood-park.html



Hull-Aylmer (Quebec)

“Unlike the NDP’s proposed job-killing carbon tax, high spending and high deficits, or Justin Trudeau’s Liberals whose only priority is to legalize marijuana and who offer nothing on the economy, our Conservative Government remains focused on Canada’s economic growth.”


November 20, 2013 “Building on Canada’s Success”timuppal.cahttp://www.timuppal.ca/?p=26

Tim Uppal, MP - Edmonton-

Sherwood Park,Alberta

(Conservative)

Hon. Bernard Valcourt, MPConservative Party of Canada1-855-478-6335 / (506) 739-4600

[email protected]

twitter.com/Min_BValcourtfacebook.com/BernardValcourt

[no statement found - 6 August 2014"



http://unschedulecannabis.blogspot.ca/2014/02/bernard-valcourt-mp-madawaska.html

Madawaska-Restigouche (New Brunswick)

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