Mayor, responds: http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/marc-emery-arrested-as-police-raid-cannabis-shops-in-montreal-1.3206734
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking in Montreal, said that acting as if marijuana was legal was premature.
"Until we've changed the law, the current laws exist and apply," said Trudeau.
Following the raids, Coderre tweeted that it was "more useful to put your energies on the legislative process for marijuana legalization than an unnecessary stunt. Respect the law."
The federal government has promised to legalize marijuana and this week a task force provided its recommendations on how to do so.
"We will get this done properly and responsibly because that is what Canadians expect us to do," said Trudeau.
Huh? Our Charter of Rights states that a law must be justifiable in a free and democratic society. How do you justify enforcing an obsolete law that the government has promised to eliminate? There should have been, at minimum, a period of decriminalization while legalization is implemented.He is right...
He has most definitely been charged : http://www.timescolonist.com/marc-emery-facing-drug-charges-after-montreal-police-raid-pot-boutiques-1.4809944So You have to be charged to apply for bail ? No?
The god damn irony of it all is that we have the Charter to begin with thanks to his own fatherHuh? Our Charter of Rights states that a law must be justifiable in a free and democratic society. How do you justify enforcing an obsolete law that the government has promised to eliminate? There should have been, at minimum, a period of decriminalization while legalization is implemented.
It's perfect and probably plays right into Emery's hand. We need to flood the courts and protest the arrests so they do the right thing and open things up.They dontwant the flood gates to open... so who do ya charge the guy alot of people know....... fear factor
It shouldn't have to go there though ehIt's perfect and probably plays right into Emery's hand. We need to flood the courts and protest the arrests so they do the right thing and open things up.
Exactly why we need to fight it, we've spent way too much money and f'd up too many lives already through prohibition. But it'll take this level of defiance to do it and yes it will cost some more.It shouldn't have to go there though eh
But hey were only tax payers
Probably because if Terry Parker had never broke the law, we wouldn't be having this discussion right now. Cannabis prohibition is unjust, and was enacted for reasons that had little to nothing to do with public safety, or any scientific evidence. As MLK said, is is the duty of the citizenry to disobey unjust laws. Also if you grow without registering in the ACMPR, you are just as much of a lawbreaker as the Emeries are.There's a huge sense of entitlement right now. Why do the Emery's feel that they are entitled to break the laws while the rest of us patiently wait. The wheels of government move at a glaciers pace, we all know that. Why should cannabis be different? patients is a virtue. Far as I'm concerned the only thing driving this race is greed. The only thing they care about is the all mighty dollar and media coverage. Soon they will be no bodies. There are thousands of passionate cannabis folk patiently waiting for an opportunity in the industry. I look forward to the future where these attention whores simply fade away, and the real cannabis culture takes over. The Emery's are now simply pot peddlers. My$.02
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It looks like their is a campaign at the Cannabis Culture page on Facebook, to make phone calls. I guess the tactic is to make more bother to keep him than it is worth.Exactly why we need to fight it,
Glaciers retreating pretty fast these days man! lolThe wheels of government move at a glaciers pace, we all know that