Ed Holder, MP - London West

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Strong oppose
March 11, 2014 Updated: March 12, 2014 | 9:34 am - “Legal pot would mean $60M tax windfall for province, London economist says“
By Scott Taylor - Metro
http://metronews.ca/news/london/968678/60-million-a-year-legal-pot-would-mean-tax-windfall-for-province-london-economist-says/

Legal pot would mean $60M tax windfall for province, London economist says

By Scott Taylor Metro

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He cited a Fraser Institute report that stated the federal government could realize over a billion dollars a year if pot was legalized.
But London West Conservative MP Ed Holder said he couldn’t disagree more with the figures. Price, he said, will still create competition between the legal outlets and drug dealers.
“That does not go away because it’s been legalized,” he said. “The underground economy does not go away.”
Plus, Holder said, he’s never known of a situation in which a person using hard drugs didn’t start off with marijuana.
“If you ask our local (police) chief if he thinks marijuana should be legalized, it would be interesting to get his reaction to that. I imagine he’d say no. The previous chief said no … because it leads to other things,” Holder said.  “At what point do you put money ahead of principle?”
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http://metronews.ca/news/london/968678/60-million-a-year-legal-pot-would-mean-tax-windfall-for-province-london-economist-says/  

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Holder’s Happenings – February 19, 2014

This Week’s Question… –Due to changes pending within Health Canada, it has been decided that large-scale medical marijuana production facilities will be built across the country, rather than using  personally licenced basement grow operations, so this week I am asking“Would you support a medical marijuana production facility being built in London?”Please visit www.edholdermp.ca/pollto vote.

http://london-west.ca/holder-happenings/holders-happenings-february-19-2014

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On Feb 2, 2014 9:18 AM, @gmail.com wrote:
February 2, 2014
Member: Ed Holder Constituency: London West Constituency Office: 200-390 Commissioners Rd West (Main Office) London, Ontario N6J 1Y3
Telephone: 519-473-5955 Fax: 519-473-7333 Email: ed.holder@parl.gc.ca
re: Does Ed Holder support the removal of cannabis as a schedule II controlled substance from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (S.C. 1996, c. 19)?
Dear Ed Holder,
Do you support the simple removal of cannabis as a schedule II controlled substance from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (S.C. 1996, c. 19)?, 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 306 Members of Parliament are being asked these same questions.
ref: http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-38.8/page-25.html SCHEDULE II (Sections 2, 3, 4 to 7, 10, 29, 55 and 60) 1.Cannabis, its preparations, derivatives and similar synthetic preparations, including ...