Or not.
I am leaning toward not.
Our beloved Prime Minister and his boyz are going to bring United States style prisons to The Great White North and according to Michael Jackson, not the dead one, this one is a professor at the University of British Columbia, the idea sucks.
Graham Stewart co authored the report with Professor Jackson A Flawed Compass and is quoted by CBC News as saying that ""It tramples human rights and human dignity..."
Their report provides a scathing review of a government blueprint for corrections called A Roadmap to Strengthening Public Safety.
The whole idea behind Roadmap is to punish not rehabilitate according to Professor Jackson and Mr. Stewart and is a recipe for violence. The CBC News story indicates that "... the program will eliminate gradual release and deny inmates rights that are now entrenched in the Constitution."
Apparently, according to the report, the Tory government has already allocated hundreds of millions to the plan, even though it has had no input from either Parliament or the public.
Mr. Stewart is quoted as saying the Conservative's plan is "...an ideological rant, which flies in the face of the Correctional Service's own research of what works to rehabilitate prisoners and ensure community safety."
Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan said, and I am paraphrasing, that Professor Jackson and Mr. Stewart are full of it.
WFDS
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
751...I Told You It Was The Weather In Post 747
That was the post about Gary Doer resigning as Premier of Manitoba. In Post 746 I said that he dug the job just was sick of winter in Winnipeg.
His new job is also in a northern town but in a town that is the most northernmost city in the American South. He is the new ambassador to the United States capital of which is Washington, D.C. where the average winter temperature is pretty warm for a Canadian boy.
Our beloved Prime Minister Stephen Harper named him to the job, which includes a house, a car and no shovelling, less than a day after Mr. Doer hastily resigned his position as Premier.
You know what I think? I think that the PM offered Mr. Doer the job two days ago and told him he needed to be on page now. And that is what you think too.
WFDS
His new job is also in a northern town but in a town that is the most northernmost city in the American South. He is the new ambassador to the United States capital of which is Washington, D.C. where the average winter temperature is pretty warm for a Canadian boy.
Our beloved Prime Minister Stephen Harper named him to the job, which includes a house, a car and no shovelling, less than a day after Mr. Doer hastily resigned his position as Premier.
You know what I think? I think that the PM offered Mr. Doer the job two days ago and told him he needed to be on page now. And that is what you think too.
WFDS
Friday, August 7, 2009
635...NCAA Accepts First Canadian School
Ah, another sign of the impending doom and end of Canadian culture and blah blah blah.
Or, perhaps, they just wanted to save money on travel.
Either way, Sports Illustrated reports that Simon Fraser University in suburban Vancouver has been admitted on probation to the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division II. This is not the big time, populated by schools such as Notre Dame, Washington, Syracuse but it is the NC2A.
Here is what SI had to say:
Or, perhaps, they just wanted to save money on travel.
Either way, Sports Illustrated reports that Simon Fraser University in suburban Vancouver has been admitted on probation to the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division II. This is not the big time, populated by schools such as Notre Dame, Washington, Syracuse but it is the NC2A.
Here is what SI had to say:
A new option emerged on July 10, when the NCAA’s Division II admitted its first non-U.S. school, Simon Fraser in Burnaby, B.C., for a transitional period with the ability to become a full member in 2012-13. Division II made the decision to geographically balance its membership, particularly in the West generally and in the Northwest for football. For now, neither Division I nor Division III is considering opening its membership internationally, and with only a handful of Canadian schools considering Division II, the concept of a North American Collegiate Athletic Association is far-fetched.
But, but and but. The process that made this happen was the attempt by the University of British Columbia to join the NCAA a few years ago. UBC wants in the NCAA Division I to play in the Pacific Athletic Conference, the PAC 10, against schools such as Stanford, Washington, UCLA and USC. Their reasoning is two fold. First off, it is much cheaper to go from Van to Seattle, Palo Alto, LA than from Van to Saskatoon, Brandon and Thunder Bay. Secondly, if one buys into the fact that one of the prime reasons for big time athletics is to raise the profile of the school, playing against Stanford, Washington et. al. on TV has exponentially more value than playing Brandon in a half empty gym that may or may not even make the student paper.
This is not the end of university sports in Canada per se but it could be the end of the CIS, Canadian Interscholastic Sports and, frankly, that is a good thing.
It is fashionable to hate on the United States for sure but the fact of the matter is the CIS has nothing approaching Title IX, which is a gender equity law passed in 1972 and is why women's sports have exploded in the last three decades nor does the CIS publish graduation rates. The NCAA has both.
WFDS
This is not the end of university sports in Canada per se but it could be the end of the CIS, Canadian Interscholastic Sports and, frankly, that is a good thing.
It is fashionable to hate on the United States for sure but the fact of the matter is the CIS has nothing approaching Title IX, which is a gender equity law passed in 1972 and is why women's sports have exploded in the last three decades nor does the CIS publish graduation rates. The NCAA has both.
WFDS
Sunday, July 26, 2009
581...Our Home And Freezing Land
Randy Boswell, Canwest News Services, informs us that Stephen Harper isn't kidding when he says that we are going to assert our sovereignty over the Arctic.
Glad that is settled.
The sitting government's ongoing high profile promotion of the Arctic file seems to indicate that Prime Minister Stephen Harper sees polar politics as a part of a winning strategy in the next election. The new report being reported on by Canwest summarizes concrete action in the four main areas of the government's northern strategy.
The four areas are sovereignty, social and economic development, the environment and governance reform. These are key areas especially with the rapidly retreating sea ice playing a huge factor.
As important as the Canadian electorate is, the real people that Mr. Prime Minister has to get to buy in to our Arctic strategy are the governments of Denmark, Norway, Russia and the States.
WFDS
Glad that is settled.
The sitting government's ongoing high profile promotion of the Arctic file seems to indicate that Prime Minister Stephen Harper sees polar politics as a part of a winning strategy in the next election. The new report being reported on by Canwest summarizes concrete action in the four main areas of the government's northern strategy.
The four areas are sovereignty, social and economic development, the environment and governance reform. These are key areas especially with the rapidly retreating sea ice playing a huge factor.
As important as the Canadian electorate is, the real people that Mr. Prime Minister has to get to buy in to our Arctic strategy are the governments of Denmark, Norway, Russia and the States.
WFDS
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
515...If U Were A KKK Fugitive Where Wud U Hide
I tell you where I would not hide.
Israel.
The Jerusalem Post reports that a high-ranking white supremacist on the run from US federal authorities was arrested on Monday night in a south Tel Aviv hideout.
33-year-old Micky Louis Mayon, one of America's 100 most wanted criminals is wanted in the US on charges of racist assaults, setting fire to vehicles belonging to federal agents, and a host of violent incidents.
Just your basic alleged racist piece of human garbage, Mr. Mayon is.
He entered Israel on a visitor's visa in January of 2008 and overstayed his visa.
Israel.
The Jerusalem Post reports that a high-ranking white supremacist on the run from US federal authorities was arrested on Monday night in a south Tel Aviv hideout.
33-year-old Micky Louis Mayon, one of America's 100 most wanted criminals is wanted in the US on charges of racist assaults, setting fire to vehicles belonging to federal agents, and a host of violent incidents.
Just your basic alleged racist piece of human garbage, Mr. Mayon is.
He entered Israel on a visitor's visa in January of 2008 and overstayed his visa.
About four months ago, Mayon entered into a romantic relationship with a Jewish Israeli woman, who became pregnant one month ago.
Mayon did not tell his partner that he was a wanted KKK member back in the US. That would spoil the mood.
However, after learning that his girlfriend was pregnant, Mr. Mayon decided it was time to reveal his dark past to her. Not suprisingly she reacted with shock and went on to tip off the authorities to her beau's whereabouts.
Then she took a shower. A very, very, very long shower.
WFDS
510...It Is The Border
And Washington doesn't seem to get that the border between us and them and the border between them and them is different.
Polina Levina, National Post, quotes Christopher Sands, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, as stating that yesterday's report on the border "...is about the dysfunctional way the U. S. manages its border...[Americans] need a constructive way to distinguish Canada and Mexico in terms of policy..."
Fluidity on our border with the United States is important and the big fear of the Americans, one of them, illegal immigration, doesn't play so much betwixt Canada and the United States. When we go shopping in Buffalo we cannot wait to get home, that is the difference between the northern border and the southern border.
A tight border costs both sides money, that is the opposite of good, it is bad.
WFDS
Polina Levina, National Post, quotes Christopher Sands, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, as stating that yesterday's report on the border "...is about the dysfunctional way the U. S. manages its border...[Americans] need a constructive way to distinguish Canada and Mexico in terms of policy..."
Fluidity on our border with the United States is important and the big fear of the Americans, one of them, illegal immigration, doesn't play so much betwixt Canada and the United States. When we go shopping in Buffalo we cannot wait to get home, that is the difference between the northern border and the southern border.
A tight border costs both sides money, that is the opposite of good, it is bad.
WFDS
Saturday, July 11, 2009
493...In The Land Of The Free
It is all about taking away a woman's reproductive freedom.
At least if the poll that conservative website Newsmax.com reported on Friday is truly reflective of the land. A caveat is that the poll was paid for by the Knights of Columbus, a Roman Catholic men's organization, I used to play in their softball league, real pillars of the community but still, very, very much part of the hierarchy of the church, and Marist University, also on Team Vatican, anyhow, the poll mirrored findings of other recent surveys, showing that more Americans identify as pro-life than as pro-choice, and that the vast majority of Americans favor restricting abortion.
Before we get too smug here in Canada, bear in mind that one of our provinces doesn't have any abortion providers, so, pot, meet kettle.
86% of Americans would significantly restrict abortion and 60% of Americans would limit abortion to cases of rape, incest or to save the life of a mother.
Most remarkable to moi is the fact that since the election of the more liberal than the other guy, Barack Obama, as President, more people identify with the pro life side of the debate than before.
WFDS
At least if the poll that conservative website Newsmax.com reported on Friday is truly reflective of the land. A caveat is that the poll was paid for by the Knights of Columbus, a Roman Catholic men's organization, I used to play in their softball league, real pillars of the community but still, very, very much part of the hierarchy of the church, and Marist University, also on Team Vatican, anyhow, the poll mirrored findings of other recent surveys, showing that more Americans identify as pro-life than as pro-choice, and that the vast majority of Americans favor restricting abortion.
Before we get too smug here in Canada, bear in mind that one of our provinces doesn't have any abortion providers, so, pot, meet kettle.
86% of Americans would significantly restrict abortion and 60% of Americans would limit abortion to cases of rape, incest or to save the life of a mother.
Most remarkable to moi is the fact that since the election of the more liberal than the other guy, Barack Obama, as President, more people identify with the pro life side of the debate than before.
WFDS
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
474...Today On Capitol Hill
CBS's Washington bureau tells us that a Congressional panel will hear today that no one really knows if bottled water is better for you than tap water. Or worser for you. Fact is, bottle l'eau isn't regulated in The Land of the Free.
Meme chose here in the Great White North.
And La Belle.
Americans, and those of us in Canada, drink an enormous amount of bottled water. While there is strict federal regulation of the water that comes out of your tap on all three sides of the border, you generally can't find out where the water in those plastic bottles comes from or what's in it.
Several disturbing reports will be released at the Congressional hearing, focusing on whether tougher regulation of bottled water is needed.
Like, is stuff leaking from those plastic bottles?
Stay tuned.
WFDS
Meme chose here in the Great White North.
And La Belle.
Americans, and those of us in Canada, drink an enormous amount of bottled water. While there is strict federal regulation of the water that comes out of your tap on all three sides of the border, you generally can't find out where the water in those plastic bottles comes from or what's in it.
Several disturbing reports will be released at the Congressional hearing, focusing on whether tougher regulation of bottled water is needed.
Like, is stuff leaking from those plastic bottles?
Stay tuned.
WFDS
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
405...Canada Day With Me, 93.1 CKCU
And my good friend Crazy Tyrone Drummond.
For Ty the sky is always falling and this time the evil thing that will be done is some sort of unification thingy between Canada and the United States.
He will explain tomorrow and then tell you where you can meet and protest this awful state of affairs.
Deets complete tomorrow at six a.m., 93.1CKCU.
Plus, of course, tic.
WFDS
For Ty the sky is always falling and this time the evil thing that will be done is some sort of unification thingy between Canada and the United States.
He will explain tomorrow and then tell you where you can meet and protest this awful state of affairs.
Deets complete tomorrow at six a.m., 93.1CKCU.
Plus, of course, tic.
WFDS
Monday, June 29, 2009
396...Thanks For Clearing That Up, Mr. Cannon
Randy Boswell writes in this morning's Saskatoon Star-Phoenix that Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon has declared that we, we being Canada, are an Arctic superpower. Sorry, Arctic S U P E R P O W E R. Y'have to say these things really, really, really loud or no one listens.
He goes on to natter about how our superiority and blah, blah, blah will reach a consensus via the use of the United Nations and stuff such as etc. He then goes on to point out that there are five nations that border the Arctic, Canada, Russia, the U.S., Denmark and Norway, and we certainly are in the top five and that makes us an Arctic superpower. Er, S U P E R P O W E R.
Glad that is done.
WFDS
He goes on to natter about how our superiority and blah, blah, blah will reach a consensus via the use of the United Nations and stuff such as etc. He then goes on to point out that there are five nations that border the Arctic, Canada, Russia, the U.S., Denmark and Norway, and we certainly are in the top five and that makes us an Arctic superpower. Er, S U P E R P O W E R.
Glad that is done.
WFDS
Friday, June 26, 2009
378...Conservative Get Tough Crime Laws Cheered
David Karp in this morning's edition of the Vancouver Sun writes that a majority of British Columbians approve of what federal Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada Rob Nicholson and the Tory government are planning to do to fight crime.
You know, stiffer sentences and all that.
Like they have in the States.
The crime free United States.
No surprise here.
An Angus Reid Strategies poll found that a majority of Canadians supported including all sex offenders in the national sex-offender registry, ending conditional sentences for non-personal injury crimes, and implementing mandatory minimum sentences. Throw in ending the faint hope clause that gives convicted murders a chance to get out early, not that early of course, they still have to serve 15 years, but earlier and you have the kit.
You know, stiffer sentences and all that.
Like they have in the States.
The crime free United States.
No surprise here.
An Angus Reid Strategies poll found that a majority of Canadians supported including all sex offenders in the national sex-offender registry, ending conditional sentences for non-personal injury crimes, and implementing mandatory minimum sentences. Throw in ending the faint hope clause that gives convicted murders a chance to get out early, not that early of course, they still have to serve 15 years, but earlier and you have the kit.
Simon Fraser University criminology professor Neil Boyd said he wasn’t surprised by the results. “It’s quite discouraging, because the best available evidence doesn’t support any of [the Conservatives’] initiatives,” he said. “I think what it reveals is the fact that we have really not educated the Canadian public about evidence-based social policy in the realm of crime and justice.” The majority is high, 82 per cent in British Columbia for example.
Here is why the policy/policies are 1/ popular and 2/fail miserably. They are popular because God fearing, hard working, non criminal types, who don't break the law, really, really wouldn't break the law if the penalty was higher than it is today. They fail because, instead of reducing crime they reduce the amount of people who are willing to take the risk associated with being a criminal and select out those who are smarter. Smarter people have options, they can run a grow op or use their education to make something of themselves in a non criminal world. If you make the penalty for running a grow op prohibitive the smart criminals will de criminalize. But the demand will remain and that void will be filled by individuals who are less intelligent and not deterred, probably not aware even, of the mandatory sentences and what not.
Plus, it doesn't work. We have many American jurisdictions that have severe penalties for drugs and still have the plague of drugs. Mayor Michael Bradley of Sarnia, Ontario, made that very point on yesterday's The Point [CBC One] when discussing this very issue. He pointed out that Michigan has super tough drug laws, mandatory sentences and so on and a severe, non relenting drug problem. He also, and here is a guy who has been mayor of his border town since the 1980's, is on the Police Services board, is a pretty even dude, he also pointed out that the never ending war on drugs is expensive, uses up tons of police resources and is futile.
Bottom line is these get tough laws look great on paper but reality shows that they are anything but.
WFDS
Saturday, June 20, 2009
339...Is This A Scam/Help This Guy
Like you, I get a lot of letters from long lost relatives in Nigeria, Liberia and other countries that, frankly, I don't think I have relatives in. The letters are always imploring me to offer a bit of assistance and, in turn, I will be rewarded with huge amounts of money for my kind efforts.
419 scams, so named because that is the section of the Nigerian criminal code that proscribes such activities.
Usually I get one missive and if I don't reply, and, of course, I don't, that is it.
Until now.
Every day I get this letter:
419 scams, so named because that is the section of the Nigerian criminal code that proscribes such activities.
Usually I get one missive and if I don't reply, and, of course, I don't, that is it.
Until now.
Every day I get this letter:
Hello, I am Major Clarence Eugene, citizen of the USA, with the US Navy Joint Special Op,USS COLORADO around Gulf of Aden,we have $30 Million US Dollars in our possession,which was seized from pirate between Yemen and Somalia in Gulf of Aden, we want to move the funds out of the USS COLORADO around Gulf of Aden. My partner and I need someone we can trust to actualize this venture, you will be entitled to 12Million USD and our share of 18 Million should be kept for us safely until we are discharge of our duties here in USS COLORADO around Gulf of Aden.Please respond for complete detailed information if interested, please do response using this email: major_clarence09@live.com Maj Clarence Hello, I am Major Clarence Eugene, citizen of the USA, with the US Navy Join tSpecial Op,USS COLORADO around Gulf of Aden,we have $30 Million US Dollars in our possession,which was seized from pirate between Yemen and Somalia in Gulf of Aden, we want to move the funds out of the USS COLORADO around Gulf of Aden. My partner and I need someone we can trust to actualize this venture, you will be entitled to 12Million USD and our share of 18 Million should be kept for us safely until we are discharge of our duties here in USS COLORADO around Gulf of Aden.Please respond for complete detailed information if interested,please do response using this email:
Major Clarence Eugene
My reason for posting this is to ask if you are getting the same? Everyday that is. Just curious.
I think it is sweet that a complete stranger from a foreign country would trust me with 18 million of his hard stolen money.
Or...
WFDS
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
242...Disenfranchised Nova Scotia
I watched CanadaAM from 7 55 this morning until 8 30 and not a bloody word about the Nova Scotia election that is being contested today.
I did have the opportunity to see a man in the centre-of-the-universe [Toronto, doncha know?] who fell into a hole get both rescued and arrested, a story about a fellow who wrote a book about the Canada-United States border south of Vancouver, find out that it is going to be chilly in Regina, Saskatchewan and a live report from Phoenix, Arizona about the fate of the Phoenix Coyotes.
Plus the obligatory Can con music from a band, later this hour was the tease, a band that as per the Canada AM tradition, that is only a household name in their household. This morning it is Dala who, no surprise, are from Tronna.
But nothing, nothing, nothing about the historic Nova Scotia election.
WFDS
I did have the opportunity to see a man in the centre-of-the-universe [Toronto, doncha know?] who fell into a hole get both rescued and arrested, a story about a fellow who wrote a book about the Canada-United States border south of Vancouver, find out that it is going to be chilly in Regina, Saskatchewan and a live report from Phoenix, Arizona about the fate of the Phoenix Coyotes.
Plus the obligatory Can con music from a band, later this hour was the tease, a band that as per the Canada AM tradition, that is only a household name in their household. This morning it is Dala who, no surprise, are from Tronna.
But nothing, nothing, nothing about the historic Nova Scotia election.
WFDS
Thursday, June 4, 2009
208...Statistics and Lies
I believe, working from memory here, I believe it was Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, who later would be honoured by having Eric Clapton's band Cream name an album after him, that said something like "Statistics and lies are similar". And if he didn't, well, someone else did.
Point being.
In yesterday's Toronto Star which, of course, also serves the Hamilton, Ontario market, there was a statistic, a poll to be more accurate, that Jim "I want an NHL team" Mr. Balsillie paid for in both Hamilton and Phoenix, Arizona, the home of the hopefully future Hamilton Steelers of the NHL.
[Get to the point.]
Right.
Point being, what was polled was the preferences each community had for local professional sports leagues. What smelled of bulls't was that in Phoenix. Phoenix, Arizona. Phoenix, Arizona, USA. In the Southwest corner of the United States of America allegedly 3 per cent of the Phoenixians [?] follow the Canadian Football League.
Get out of here.
WFDS
Point being.
In yesterday's Toronto Star which, of course, also serves the Hamilton, Ontario market, there was a statistic, a poll to be more accurate, that Jim "I want an NHL team" Mr. Balsillie paid for in both Hamilton and Phoenix, Arizona, the home of the hopefully future Hamilton Steelers of the NHL.
[Get to the point.]
Right.
Point being, what was polled was the preferences each community had for local professional sports leagues. What smelled of bulls't was that in Phoenix. Phoenix, Arizona. Phoenix, Arizona, USA. In the Southwest corner of the United States of America allegedly 3 per cent of the Phoenixians [?] follow the Canadian Football League.
Get out of here.
WFDS
Monday, June 1, 2009
183...Peter Van Loan, Please, Snap Them On
Your testicles that is.
Story from www.CBC.ca this morning stating that Canadian border guards abandoned their posts early Monday at a U.S. border crossing at Cornwall, Ont., after talks broke down with Mohawk officials over the arming of border guards.
First off, why is the Conservative government so afraid of 400/200 angry non Canadians? Mohawk leaders from the Akwesasne Mohawk territory, which straddles the borders of Quebec, Ontario and New York, say they don't want the guards to be armed because it would violate their sovereignty and increase the likelihood of violent confrontations. If they, the Mohawks are a sovereign nation, and I will give them that, why are they dictating what our [bigger by the way, we have an army and everything] sovereign nation can do to protect our borders?
Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan's office said the issue is out of its hands.
Whoah, repeat that.
Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan's office said the issue is out of its hands.
One more time.
Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan's office said the issue is out of its hands.
It is not your problem PVL, well, if it is not your problem, who's problem is it?
Ask your legislative assistant where he keeps your testicles Petey, snap them on and get to work.
WFDS
Story from www.CBC.ca this morning stating that Canadian border guards abandoned their posts early Monday at a U.S. border crossing at Cornwall, Ont., after talks broke down with Mohawk officials over the arming of border guards.
First off, why is the Conservative government so afraid of 400/200 angry non Canadians? Mohawk leaders from the Akwesasne Mohawk territory, which straddles the borders of Quebec, Ontario and New York, say they don't want the guards to be armed because it would violate their sovereignty and increase the likelihood of violent confrontations. If they, the Mohawks are a sovereign nation, and I will give them that, why are they dictating what our [bigger by the way, we have an army and everything] sovereign nation can do to protect our borders?
Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan's office said the issue is out of its hands.
Whoah, repeat that.
Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan's office said the issue is out of its hands.
One more time.
Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan's office said the issue is out of its hands.
It is not your problem PVL, well, if it is not your problem, who's problem is it?
Ask your legislative assistant where he keeps your testicles Petey, snap them on and get to work.
WFDS
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
154...How Insane Is Steven Harper?
First off, I like the United States, most Americans, even Rush Limbaugh has his moments.
But, there is a lot of stuff wrong with the States and one of the big things wrong with the US of A is mandatory sentencing. Judges should be given discretion; the law in my view should not be a club to hammer people with. Mandatory sentencing laws, like the ones in respect to marijuana that have passed second reading in the House of Commons, repute said discretion.
Sadly, my party, the Liberal Party of Canada, is going to support said laws because they don't want to seem soft on crime.
Please, explain to me how sending a university freshman to jail for a year for growing [most likely ineptly] a pot plant in his closet makes one a crime fighter?
In fact it is the opposite; if people grow their own then they won't be buying, and supporting financially, from the bigger boys, i.e. Les Hells, who allegedly are involved in major grow operations and have franchised their distribution networks down to the street and bar level dealers.
Time to take a stand Mikey I.
WFDS
But, there is a lot of stuff wrong with the States and one of the big things wrong with the US of A is mandatory sentencing. Judges should be given discretion; the law in my view should not be a club to hammer people with. Mandatory sentencing laws, like the ones in respect to marijuana that have passed second reading in the House of Commons, repute said discretion.
Sadly, my party, the Liberal Party of Canada, is going to support said laws because they don't want to seem soft on crime.
Please, explain to me how sending a university freshman to jail for a year for growing [most likely ineptly] a pot plant in his closet makes one a crime fighter?
In fact it is the opposite; if people grow their own then they won't be buying, and supporting financially, from the bigger boys, i.e. Les Hells, who allegedly are involved in major grow operations and have franchised their distribution networks down to the street and bar level dealers.
Time to take a stand Mikey I.
WFDS
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