Dear Mr Vekemans,
On behalf of MP Dan Vandal thank you for your email and please accept our apologies for the delay in responding. Please know that your comments have been provided to Mr Vandal.
The government has committed to initiate a federal-provincial-territorial process that will lead to the legalization and regulation of marijuana. It is through this process that the specifics of how legalization is implemented will be determined.
That said, I would also recommend you provide your questions, and any other comments, directly to Mr Bill Blair, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice. Mr Blair can be reached by email at Bill.Blair@parl.gc.ca.
If our office can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to be in touch.
Regards,
Dan Lussier
Constituency Assistant / Adjoint de circonscription
Dan Vandal, MP Saint Boniface — Saint Vital / député Saint-Boniface — Saint-Vital
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From: Sam Vekemans <samvekemans@gmail.com>
Sent: January 14, 2016 1:14 AM
To: Vandal, Dan - M.P.
Subject: Dan Vandal Re: Removing Cannabis From the Drug Schedule
Wednesday January 13, 2016
Dan Vandal, MP
Saint Boniface-Saint Vital (Manitoba)
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0A6
Re: Removing Cannabis from the Drug Schedule.
Dear Dan Vandal,
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 C-420 An Act to repeal the Prohibition of Cannabis 'Repeal Cannabis Prohibition Act'
Understand:
* Cannabis prohibition began with no scientific, medical or social justification, and was initiated as an effort to harass, punish and deport racial minorities;
* The prohibition of cannabis has caused many social and economic harms, criminalized millions of Canadians for no benefit, and financed organized crime;
*Cannabis has the potential to provide food, medicine, fibre, fuel and building materials; and
*Cannabis medicines are safe and effective for treating a wide variety of ailments, yet are not readily available to all who require them.
Therefore, this legislation clearly outlines 8 things needed to be done. immediately:
1.
Repeal the prohibition on possession and personal cultivation of cannabis;
2.
Repeal Section 462.2 of the Criminal Code, which bans literature and harm reduction devices like waterpipes and vaporizers;
3.
Permit patients or their designated grower to provide medical cannabis as recommended by a physician; and
4.
End police raids against community medical cannabis dispensaries, and enable their municipal regulation, as per the position of the Union of BC Municipalities.
and within one year:
5.
Allow farmers to harvest and sell the cannabinoid-rich resin from their plants, as per the recent resolution of the Canadian Hemp Trade Alliance;
6.
Completely end the prohibition of cannabis, by removing it entirely from the CDSA (Controlled Drugs and Substances Act);
7.
For those convicted for a cannabis offence under the CDSA, on a case-by-case basis: Grant a full pardon and amnesty for past offences, expunge criminal records and release all prisoners currently serving time; and
8.
Permit Provinces, Territories and First Nations to decide how they want to tax, regulate and distribute cannabis as needed.
I look forward to your reply, comments and support for this proposal.
Yours sincerely,
Sam Vekemans
(address)
samvekemans@gmail.com<mailto:samvekemans@gmail.com>
(250) 588-9041<tel:%28250%29%20588-9041>
Inc.
http://www.slideshare.net/samvekemans/bill-s-420-the- cannabis-freedom-act-an-act- to-amend-the-controlled-drugs- and-substances-act
http://issuu.com/samvekemans/docs/bills-420c- 420thecannabisfreedomact
Attached is the latest version of the PDF document, and this is the link to the Google Document where public comment is permitted. (PLEASE NOTE: The PDF is a static copy of the draft bill, as more people are becoming aware of this initiative, people are making recommendations to improve. Please check the live Google Document, or confirm back with me when your ready to use this document, then i can refine it more)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/ 1MAcyzgnaWGz4ZCLGlWG7b9r87G_ w18v6G6eJbmhYEoo/edit?usp= sharing
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