Canadian Wheat Board Act   confiscated. He was thrown in jail. He was led away from his farm in shackles and chains because he had the audacity to smuggle his product across the border and sell it privately. Was he growing marijuana? Was he growing opium? Was he growing cocaine? What product he was smuggling across

Supply   review some of the decisions of the various courts of appeal. She will soon realize how our justice system is being thrown into disrepute over this provision. Derek Anderson Austin, convicted of cultivating marijuana and possession for the purpose of trafficking, received

Borders  Mr. Speaker, American border authorities are taking an increasingly hostile attitude with Canadians, now barring anyone who has ever smoked marijuana and detaining MPs at airports. Yesterday the Minister of Foreign Affairs reiterated that he had extensive discussions

Legalization Of Marijuana For Medical Purposes  Mr. Speaker, as my colleague the Minister of Health and I have said on a number of occasions, our officials are at work reviewing this very important question. When we have recommendations to make to this House, we will bring them forward.

Hobby Farmers   to be acknowledged. We are moving into a whole new world of hemp cultivation. The federal government announced that regulations were in place so people could start growing what I call industrial marijuana or hemp. This is a new enterprise. When we consider that there are 50,000 identified uses

Decriminalization Of Marijuana  Mr. Speaker, my supplementary is for the Minister of Justice. Will the minister recognize that, by refusing to take a stand and to assume her responsibilities in this matter, she is leaving it up to the courts to make the decision?

Canadian Wheat Board Act   just is not working. When I see farmers fined for taking 50 pounds of barley across the line in protest, then I see people smuggling marijuana and cocaine on the streets without fines or imprisonment, something is wrong. All that these farmers have been doing is trying to get

Customs Act   this report suggests is that some drug lords are actually couriering their shipments of hashish, marijuana, cocaine and heroin into Canada with 24-hour, 10 a.m. delivery. I find it quite astonishing that a drug lord can get his shipment of cocaine to where he wants it in Canada more

Canadian Wheat Board Act   of dollars, confiscates their equipment and just about drives them out of business. This is not marijuana or heroin or cocaine. We are talking about grain. What does the government do? It takes the people and treats them like that. I suggest, Mr. Speaker, that you can get away

Prisons  Mr. Speaker, drugs have been a problem in every jail and prison across this country for years. In Mountain federal prison in my province of British Columbia, significant quantities of heroin, marijuana, cocaine and prescription drugs were reported smuggled in over a 46 day

Prisons  Mr. Speaker, this past weekend a supervisor at Milton's Maplehurst jail condemned the prison system as being rife with illegal drugs. He said that inmates have easy access to “heroin, cocaine, crack, marijuana, hash, hash oil, Valium, pills and steroids”. All our government

Tobacco Act   am not taking a final stand on this, because it has not been discussed in our caucus yet. For example, there are some who think that marijuana and hashish, which are soft drugs, should be legalized. Why? Because, these people are saying: "If they were legal, they would be better

Tobacco Act  . Education about tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana and other drugs including solvents is very important. Money from tobacco taxes could be applied to early childhood education to educate children in Kindergarten that smoking, drinking, solvents, cocaine, pot and heroin are all very bad

Controlled Drugs And Substances Act   agricultural product to come on the scene in Canada? Why do the people concerned with marijuana legalization want so badly to have hemp included? I have never had anybody admit this to me, but I believe and will state on the public record, the reason for this is that the normal cannabis

Controlled Drugs And Substances Act   little in a bill as comprehensive as the one before us today. In addition, the Bloc Quebecois succeeded in having the penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana reduced. We also succeeded in having medical records protected. Search and seizure will now be allowed only