RE: The Honourable Rob Nicholson PC QC Re: Removing Cannabis From the Drug Schedule & support for e-petition

On Jan 5, 2016 6:12 AM, <rob.nicholson@parl.gc.ca> wrote:

Good morning Sam Vekemans ,

Thank you for your work on this important issue. Please be advised that I will present this to Mr. Nicholson when parliament returns at the end of January.

Regards,

Cheri Elliott

Executive Assistant to the Honourable Rob Nicholson Q.C., M.P. / Adjointe de direction l’hon. Rob Nicholson, Q.C.,député

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From: Sam Vekemans [mailto:samvekemans@gmail.com] Sent: December 25, 2015 6:05 PM To: Nicholson, Robert Douglas - Riding 2; Nicholson, Robert Douglas - Assistant 1; Nicholson, Robert Douglas - M.P.; Nicholson, Robert Douglas - M.P. Subject: The Honourable Rob Nicholson PC QC Re: Removing Cannabis From the Drug Schedule & support for e-petition

Friday December 25, 2015

The Honourable Rob Nicholson PC QC, MP Niagara Falls (Ontario) House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6

Re: Removing Cannabis from the Drug Schedule & support for e-petition.

Dear Honourable Rob Nicholson,

I am working on an e-petition for this removing of Cannabis from the drug schedule. Would you consider sponsoring it? Attached is a screen-view of it, and below is the text of the petition. Also, Now that the Governor General has stated (on Friday December 4th 2015) in the Speech from the Throne, "To that end, the Government will introduce legislation that will ... legalize, regulate and restrict access to marijuana". The question remains on exactly how to go about doing this. I have taken the liberty of drafting my own independent Bill that I hope Members of Parliament & The Senate will accept & adopt. I have titled and Numbered the Bill, and put it in the format of existing legislation. Attached is a PDF (and links) for Bill S-420 An Act to repeal the Prohibition of Cannabis (Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act)'

I look forward to your reply, comments and support for this petition and proposal.

Yours sincerely,

Sam Vekemans