North America &Police State/Big Brother &War On Drugs admin on 16 Mar 2010 06:00 pm
MPs want to keep Prince of Pot in Canada
ANCOUVER — Marc Emery is still awaiting extradition to the U.S. on drug distribution charges, but there’s a new push to keep the Prince of Pot in Canada.
Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh, NDP MP Libby Davies and Conservative MP Scott Reid presented the House of Commons with a 12,000-signature petition Monday pleading with federal Justice Minister Rob Nicholson to reconsider handing Emery over to the U.S., where he faces five years in jail for selling marijuana seeds online.
Dosanjh said he has an obligation to present petitions on behalf of constituents regardless if he agrees, but is glad to speak out in this case.
“This is an obligation as a Member of Parliament, but I sympathize with Emery’s plight,” the Vancouver-South MP told QMI Agency. “There is a certain degree of unfairness in how he has been treated.”
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