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By Hempology | November 6, 2005
The federal bill to decriminalize cannabis appears to be shelved until after the next election, though with opposition to the plan from all sides it is doubtful any such law would pass. Hopefully next year’s election will find more pro-legalization supporters in office, like Denise Savoie. the Victoria City Councilor who was recently picked as the NDP candidate for Victoria. Congratulations to Victoria City Councilor, Rob Fleming for winning the Victoria/Hillside riding in the Provincial election in die spring. Rob spoke at the 2nd Cannabis Convention at the University of Victoria in favour of legalizing cannabis. Rob and Denise have been our two strongest advocates on die city council and while we do not like to see them leave that position, we are yen’ happy to see such wise people working in higher levels of government. Hopefully the next council will also have some enlightened voices at the table.
On the other hand, the new candidate for the federal Liberal party in the Victoria riding is David Mulroney. the owner of Mulroney and Co., the law firm which represented the crown in die court case against the club. He ran for the Liberals in the last election in the Saanich-Gulf Islands riding and lost to Gary Lumi of the Conservatives. He was one of the few politicians who wrote back to us after we sent out letters to politicians all across the country (see digest #5 and #6). In his letter he seems to suggest that because he is making money upholding the laws it would be inappropriate to question the law at the same time.
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