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David Anderson
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House of Commons
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Constituency Office(s)
- The Chinook Building 2-240 Central Ave North Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 0L2 Telephone: 306-778-4480 Fax: 306-778-6981
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Mr. Speaker, the next federal election is over a year away. The NDP is already waving the white flag, pleading to join a Liberal-led coalition. Canadians know what a Liberal-led NDP high-tax coalition would mean: a soft on crime agenda, repealing mandatory prison sentences for violent offenders; a reckless plan to legalize marijuana, making it easier for children to smoke; and massive spending increases of, as the Liberal leader put it, thousands of billions of dollars, otherwise known as trillions. Of course, the coalition would have budgets that balance themselves. Perhaps this is why the Liberal leader should not claim to be a math teacher.
When will the anti-trade leader of the official opposition stop passing the pipe in an effort to close a deal with the pro-drug-trade, high on smiles, low on substance leader of the third party? Canadians are looking for the opposition to do its job, not toke the flames of an unwanted coalition fire.
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New Democratic Party of Canada
Statements By Members
February 28th, 2014 / 11:15 a.m.
Conservative
David Anderson Cypress Hills—Grasslands, SK
https://openparliament.ca/debates/2014/2/28/david-anderson-1/
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@DavidAndersonSK How many kids have to die because of politicians who dont know the facts? #cannabis #cdnpoli http://t.co/uqvI6NYkCZ
— Sam Vekemans (@acrosscanada) March 17, 2014
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Government Orders
March 8th, 2004 / 5:55 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
David Anderson
Cypress Hills—Grasslands, SK
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The message he shared earlier is very important. The people who are
trying to make the decisions, as my other colleague pointed out, will be
whipped in their vote very shortly. They need to listen to what the
member for Provencher had to say about the issue of marijuana
decriminalization.We are debating Bill C-10, which will amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act with respect to the possession and production of marijuana.
What is the objective of the legislation? As I look through it, the objective is really not clear. What should the objective be of legislation dealing with drugs in our society? The best objective would be to remove the influence of addictive substances from people's lives as much as possible. That would be a noble goal if we were writing legislation dealing with addictive substances.
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I think that in a lot of ways the government has just given up. It really has. It has decided that it will not fight this battle anymore. What this society does not need now is one more way to get high. It is not as if this society is not being provided with enough options as it is.
The bill provides a whole new system of fines for the possession of marijuana. The possession of between 15 and 30 grams of marijuana is left up to the police officer as to whether a ticket will be issued or a summons for a summary conviction. With no minimum sentencing, we would expect that police would likely turn to whatever the judges were enforcing. It would seem to be that police would be just giving out tickets and nothing more because the judges would not enforce it if the police did anything more than that.
Possession of one gram or less of cannabis resin would be punishable by a fine of $300 for an adult and $200 for a youth. That sends a tremendous negative message to our youth. It actually encourages them to use drugs. It encourages adults to use our youth to use drugs as well. Those are maximum fines. The younger people would be encouraged then by the older people to carry the drugs and have them in their possession because their fines would be less.
Possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana under this legislation would be punishable by a fine of only $150 for an adult and $100 for a youth. Again, those are maximum fines, so it basically wipes out any penalty at all for using marijuana.
This legislation is really flawed. Despite what people say, we all know that marijuana is a gateway drug. If young people are going to start using drugs, marijuana is the drug of choice. It is the drug that they are usually first exposed to and the drug that they use to begin to get high. This legislation sends the wrong message to our young people.
Penalties for the production of marijuana have actually decreased. That is not something we want to have happen and that is something that the government is claiming is not true. However, where small amounts of marijuana are being produced, which would probably be most of the local, homegrown operations, the penalties are decreased. It encourages people to get involved in it.
One of the concerns that I have, and we heard about it this afternoon as well, is that there are a lot of young people who do not want to use drugs. They feel they are being put in a tough situation. Peer pressure comes into play, the other kids are saying they can use it, it is not a big threat, the government and adults do not seem to be worried about it, so they go ahead and use it...
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http://openparliament.ca/debates/2004/3/8/david-anderson-3/ ****
On Dec 8, 2013 10:09 AM, "Sam Vekemans" <@gmail.com> wrote:
December 8, 2013
Member: David Anderson Constituency Office: The Chinook Building 2-240 Central Ave North Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 0L2
Telephone: 306-778-4480 Fax: 306-778-6981 Email: david.anderson@parl.gc.ca
Dear David Anderson,
Do you support the simple removal of Cannabis/Marijuana from the criminal code of Canada, and let it be treated the same as Lettuce, Tomato, Oregano, Roses, Aloe Vera, Fern or any other common garden herb, flower or house plant?
Do you know the difference between Cannabis Sativa, Cannabis Indica, and Cannabis Ruderalis?
I look forward to receiving your responses as it will be made public, so then others wont need to ask you the same question.
Kind regards,
Sam Vekemans (address)
P.S. All 303 Members of Parliament are being asked these same questions.
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