Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege today to table a petition on behalf of petitioners from Port Alberni. They are concerned about a Health Canada file that is open right now for a medical marijuana facility at 7827 Beaver Creek Road in Port Alberni. It is a Walmart-size cannabis

Veterans Affairs committee  Honestly, in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, when my husband was really sick, I had to get MHA services involved. Every time he went to a hospital, I had to get an MHA person involved. When the doctor tried to take him off some kind of medication and put him on medical marijuana, I had

Criminal Code  Madam Speaker, my colleague and I do not always agree on things, clearly not on his desire for decriminalization, even though I very much support harm reduction in a variety of ways. Since we have gone ahead with the legalization of marijuana, and we have certainly helped

Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2020  . In addition, violence against women and children is reaching alarming proportions, and then there are the pimps who go unpunished for exploiting child pornography. What about our young people since the government legalized marijuana? It still makes me sad to see the lines outside

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition on behalf of concerned Canadians, including my own constituents, who are tired and frustrated with inaction by the government to clamp down on illegal marijuana production, including the exploitation of medical marijuana permits

Business of Supply   to take action in the area of health. Every time, the action the federal government asked Quebec to take was not in line with its reality or that of the other provinces. For example, when it comes to drugs, injection drugs and marijuana were issues that caused conflict. Quebec

Medical Marijuana  Madam Speaker, I will now present two petitions today from concerned citizens in Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon regarding the use of medical marijuana licences for industrial medical marijuana production in our neighbourhoods. People across my riding are very upset that medical

Medical Marijuana  I do want to remind members that we need to keep these brief because there are still others who want to present petitions. The hon. member for Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan.

Justice committee   marijuana grow-ops. Mr. Lewis, where do you foresee some of the areas where organized crime might be able to, for lack of a better term, do an end around on government-regulated sports betting? What are some of the loopholes they may try to use?

Justice committee  I don't know. I think that, like the marijuana situation, they're going to still provide a service, because some are still going to go the criminal route. Those who can't afford to bet legally but can borrow money from organized crime groups will still go that way, so that's

Justice committee   are, as I said, run by the Hells Angels or traditional organized crime groups—mafia, for lack of a better word. It's happening anyway. As I said, much as with marijuana or cannabis legalization, the situation is that people are doing it anyway. The choice the government has is to pull

Petitions   not accept that industrial medical marijuana operations should take place in residential neighbourhoods in Canada. The laws need to change. This has to stop.

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege today to rise and table a petition on behalf of residents from the Alberni Valley. The petitioners cite that Health Canada has an open file to license a Walmart-sized medical marijuana facility directly across the street from Kackaamin, a first

Information & Ethics committee  , the first place we visited was the dispensary, and he purchased various edibles and things. When we went back to the hotel I was given edibles. We were smoking marijuana and I was given a drink. Now, I don't know what was in the drink. I believe I was drugged, because I didn't have

Petitions   of the Liberal government's current medical marijuana rules and the loopholes that exist in the designated grower program. The results are an infiltration of our communities by organized crime. There are also severe impacts on the quality of life for nearby residents. These petitioners and I