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What is it about pot that scares you Mr. O'Toole???
September 5, 2013In this weeks edition,
Straight dope on pot
Marijuana is the mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the cannabis plant. The terms pot, grass and weed are also commonly used for marijuana.
Local member of Parliament Erin O’Toole says he was shocked to hear Justin Trudeau admit to having used pot as a sitting member of Parliament. “I was shocked to hear he has used since being elected,” O’Toole told the Orono Times in a telephone interview on Friday morning. The Liberal party leader’s recent admission that he had smoked pot at a dinner party three years ago says a lot about his judgment, according to O’Toole, especially since he [Trudeau] has young children and has only been in parliament a few years. (Full Story on Page 1 of The Orono Weekly Times)
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Where there’s smoke there’s fire: Debating pot laws in Durham Region
DurhamRegion.com
By
Jeff Mitchel
"....
But Erin O’Toole, the Conservative MP
for Durham riding, isn’t convinced Canadians are clambering for legal
pot.
“It’s not high on people’s list of
priorities,” he said. “Our top priority, writ large, is jobs and the
economy.”
Mr. O’Toole said it’s “ironic” that Mr.
Trudeau, who has been reluctant to define Liberal policies prior to the
next federal election, has seized upon pot as an issue just now.
“It’s unfortunate the Liberals seem to
be hanging their hat on an issue that is so far down on the priority
list for Canadian families,” he said. “We’re all sort of baffled as to
why.”
...
But that doesn’t mean the MP is opposed
to change. He’s supportive of a resolution by Canada’s police chiefs,
which calls for cops to be given the discretion to simply write tickets
for small-scale possession offences. The move would be less taxing on
police and court resources, he said.
“It’s really about giving the police
discretion when it’s clearly a case of personal consumption,” Mr.
O’Toole said. “I think that is something we should look at.”
Mr. O’Toole said he’d draw the line
there. He’s opposed to legalization and doesn’t want to see the state
involved in distribution of the drug.
“I do not see the public good in promoting its use,” he said.
“I do not want to see a pot aisle at the LCBO.”
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