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Marijuana Party Candidate Evicted For Pot-Laced Cookies.
By admin | August 10, 2004
18 Jun 2004
by CBC News Online Staff.
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled an East Vancouver landlord was entitled to evict a Marijuana Party candidate from his campaign office.
But candidate Marc Boyer says he’s not doing anything wrong, and was evicted because of his “political” beliefs.
“Compassion clubs are part of the Canadian Marijuana Party platform, and if it’s in our platform, then we can promote it,” Boyer told CBC News Online.
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Boyer set up his campaign headquarters earlier this month on the ground floor of an upscale condominium dominated by senior citizens. He began dispensing medical marijuana and raising money by offering cannabis cookies to anyone willing to make a $4 donation.
Last week, just days after he’d set up shop, the landlord handed him an eviction notice, saying the activity was upsetting other tenants and that pot party activists were aggressive at times. She gave him 48 hours to leave.
For now, Boyer said he isn’t going anywhere. He plans to bring in a generator and continues to work out of the office as long as the landlord doesn’t change the locks. He hopes to appeal the court ruling to allow him to remain there until the June 28th election.
The worst of it, he said, is he’s spent so much time defending himself hasn’t had a moment to hit the campaign trail. If nothing else, the dispute will focus attention on the increasing public demand for medical marijuana.
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