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There’s no reason the left can’t unite, but it must be a partnership of equals

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 7:33pm
By Michael Byers, Special to the National Post
 
Politics is the pursuit of power. Even if you define power broadly to include the influence of opposition parties, not a single Liberal or New Democrat MP wouldn’t rather be in government.
 
They don’t need to apologize for that, or for exploring how they might help each other.
 
Political parties are tools for amalgamating and focusing the power vested in individual MPs by their constituents, who selected each of them for one of the 308 seats in the House of Commons.
 

Canadians 'ahead of politicians' on marijuana laws

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 9:18pm
By Andy Ivens, The Province

Canadians are ahead of their federal politicians on the issue of liberalizing marijuana laws, according to two high-profile lawmakers from B.C.

With Californians heading to the polls in November to decide whether possession of a small amount of marijuana should be legal, a similar law in Canada is not likely on the horizon, Liberal Keith Martin and New Democrat Libby Davies told The Province.

Davies, who represents the voters of Vancouver East, favours legalization of marijuana, while Martin, the MP for Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca, has been calling for decriminalizing the controversial drug since 2001.

Marc Emery Stop-Extradition Petitions tabled by MPs from three parties

Submitted by FrankD on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 10:39pm
Members of Parliament from three parties -- Conservative, Liberal, and New Democrat -- tabled petitions with thousands of signatures seeking to stop the extradition to the U.S. of online marijuana seed seller, Marc Emery.
House of Commons - Monday, March 15, 2010

The three MP's who displayed personal integrity by presenting the petitions are:
* Conservative MP, Scott Reid (Ontario)
* NDP MP, Libby Davies (Vancouver East)
* Liberal MP, Ujjal Dosanjh (Vancouver South)

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Local politicians present petition to stop Marc Emery's extradition

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 9:52pm
Roughly 12,000 signatures
 
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - The Prince of Pot could be extradited to the U.S. any day, but it's hoped a petition will see the Federal Justice Minister reconsider.  MPs from three of Canada's major political parties present a petition in the House of Commons today which aims to keep Marc Emery in Canada.
 
Emery has pleaded guilty to a drug distribution charge in the U.S., after he was arrested in 2005 for selling marijuana seeds to American customers.  Emery faced a possible life sentence if the case went to trial.  He'll spend five years in a U.S. prison on a drug distribution charge if extradited.
 

NDP, Liberal, Conservative politicians petition to stop Marc Emery's extradition to the US

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 12:26am
By Carlito Pablo, Georgia Straight

Members of Parliament from three parties—Conservative, Liberal, and New Democrat—are poised to present petitions with thousands of signatures seeking to stop the extradition to the U.S. of Canada’s Prince of Pot, Marc Emery.

Senate poised to call for major RCMP overhaul

Submitted by Nicole Seguin on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 5:13pm
Report expected to be the last from security committee led by Liberal Colin Kenny
 
Daniel Leblanc, Globe and Mail
 
As their domination of the Senate comes to an end, the Liberals are set to call for major changes to the RCMP in a “position paper” that the Conservatives are already depicting as anti-Mountie.
 
In what is likely his last stint as the chair of the Senate committee on national security, Liberal Senator Colin Kenny and his colleagues will offer their remedies for what ails the national police force.
 

The so-called "gutting" of Bill C-15 by Liberal Senators

Submitted by FrankD on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 8:26pm
WITNESS IT FOR YOURSELVES!
The so-called "gutting" of Bill C-15 by Liberal Senators
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfc0YtUZuYk

*** This video contains evidence that debunks the Conservative claim of Liberal Senators "gutting" Bill C-15. In fact, the two Conservative Senators who had questions about the amendment (Sen. Carignan and Sen. Wallace) seem to have difficulty containing their giddiness over an amendment they both interpreted as making the bill "stronger"! Not exactly the reaction you'd expect over an amendment that supposedly "gutted" the bill.
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Watch more videos of the Bill C-15 Senate Committee hearings...
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