Sheri Benson, NDP Member of Parliament for 47012 Saskatoon West (Saskatchewan)
Voted YES to decriminalize - June 14, 2016
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Mr. Speaker, after the Liberal leader promised he would be the pro-pot Prime Minister, Canadians are becoming increasingly concerned about the Liberals' rightward shift. They appointed a former police chief to handle the issue, who then encouraged police to crack down on marijuana, while continuing to hand out criminal records. Now they have appointed Anne McClellan, who has called pot “more dangerous than cigarettes”, and who was even against medicinal marijuana. How can the Liberals justify sounding more “law and order” on pot than even the Conservatives who just voted for decriminalization?
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Marijuana
Oral Questions
June 3rd, 2016 / 11:35 a.m.
NDP
Sheri Benson Saskatoon West, SK
https://openparliament.ca/debates/2016/6/3/sheri-benson-2/
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Legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana: The NDP believes no one should be going to jail or be stuck with a criminal record for possession of marijuana for personal use. We have pledged to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana immediately. When it comes to marijuana, we need an approach that focuses on health promotion, public education, and safety. It’s been 40 years since the LeDain Commission looked into the non-medical use of drugs and successive Liberal and Conservative governments have done nothing to update the government’s understanding of marijuana use in Canada today.
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2015 (undated article) ckom.com
http://ckom.com/campaign-close-and-personal-sheri-benson-ndp
We, the undersigned, Citizens or residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to establish an independent, fully-empowered Royal Commission into the health, social and economic costs associated with the legalization of Cannabis use including costs associated with prohibition, discrimination, organized crime, political favouritism and corruption.
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