Mr. Speaker, I always appreciate the good humour of my hon. colleague.
For my entire history as a mayor and a city councillor, which lasted for 20 years, I dealt frequently with the police on issues related to marijuana. I was constantly faced with the situation where the police agreed that the current mechanisms that we used to stop people from possessing small amounts of marijuana and the de-focus on what really should be their primary attention on important crimes was a problem. They asked parliamentarians to act.
Recognizing that we should decriminalize this, along with strong regulations and prevention, is the right step forward.