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| Marc Emery Case and Liberal Cowardice |
| 01.03.08 (1:35 pm) [edit] |
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Under the terms of bilateral treaty either the US or Canada can ask for a person to be extradited if the person has committed a felony and the alleged act is illegal under both US law and Canadian law and the person in question is not already facing local charges. It is a crime to sell marijuana seeds in Canada and the US; that is why Emery can be shipped off to the States to face charges. The problem is this. While people have been charged with such a crime in Canada before and one person, Ian Hunter, was even convicted in 2000 and ordered to pay a $200 fine, for all intents and purposes it is legal to sell marijuana seeds in Canada. No one has been prosecuted for such a crime in more than 7 years. It is one of those laws that is still on the books, but that is never enforced. There are plenty of such laws and no one takes them at all seriously. By calling for someone to be extradited for something that is de facto legal, the US is violating the spirit of the treaty and thus Canadian sovereignty and first the Liberals and now the Conservatives have not uttered a peep. Indeed, despite attempts by activists to get Canada to enforce its own laws and charge Emery for violating Canadian law, the government of Canada has not lifted a finger. This is not because of lack of evidence. Emery has never sought to conceal his activities and has even paid over a half a million in taxes for what he told revenue Canada was "selling marijuana seeds". Under US law Emery is facing a minimum of 10 years and could get life. Such is Liberal bad faith on this issue that Stephane Dion is willing to stand up to terrorist Omar Khadar, but is unwilling to lift a finger to prevent Canadian from being extradited to the US to face a minimum of 10 years for a crime that has been not been prosecuted in Canada for 7 years and that only ever warranted a $200 fine. Naturally the Conservatives are overjoyed. When “activist” judges are unwilling to hand down no more than a $200 fine and activist cops are unwilling to arrest seed sellers, rendition to the US is apparently a live option. The Canadian justice system be damned.
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posted by: leftdog (reply)
post date: 01.03.08 (6:20 pm)
I don't believe that the Liberals, while in government, had any intention of decriminalization. The old rule: 'It's not what I say that matters, it's what I do', speaks to Liberal strategy. If there had been any substantive or real commitment to decrim, they would not have let the bill linger as they did.
posted by: FreeOnlineSlots (reply)
post date: 01.12.08 (4:17 am)
who cares about the SHIT
posted by: FreeOnlineSlots (reply)
post date: 01.12.08 (4:19 am)
I mean
The Brain Drain
is more important