Marijuana Oral Questions - June 3rd, 2016 - Sheri Benson, Anne Minh-Thu Quach, Jody Wilson-Raybould
Channel: Sam Vekemans
Date: 11/07/2016

Marijuana Oral Questions - June 3rd, 2016 / 11:35 a.m. - Sheri Benson, Anne Minh-Thu Quach, Jody Wilson-Raybould

Description
Question Period for HoC Sitting No. 65 House of Commons
Location
Centre Block - Chamber
Scheduled
Friday, Jun 3, 2016
11:00 AM - 12:08 PM
1 Hour 7 Minutes
Actual
Friday, Jun 3, 2016
11:00 AM - 12:08 PM
1 Hour 7 Minutes

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Mr. Speaker, after the Liberal leader promised he would be the pro-pot Prime Minister, Canadians are becoming increasingly concerned about the Liberals' rightward shift. They appointed a former police chief to handle the issue, who then encouraged police to crack down on marijuana, while continuing to hand out criminal records. Now they have appointed Anne McClellan, who has called pot “more dangerous than cigarettes”, and who was even against medicinal marijuana. How can the Liberals justify sounding more “law and order” on pot than even the Conservatives who just voted for decriminalization?
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Marijuana
Oral Questions
June 3rd, 2016 / 11:35 a.m.
NDP
Sheri Benson Saskatoon West, SK
https://openparliament.ca/debates/2016/6/3/sheri-benson-2/

http://unschedulecannabis.blogspot.ca/2016/07/sheri-benson-ndp-member-of-parliament.html

Jody Wilson-Raybould Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

Mr. Speaker, as we have said, our government is committed to the legalization of marijuana, strictly regulating and restricting access to marijuana, with the ultimate objective of keeping it out of the hands of children, and keeping the proceeds out of the hands of criminals.

I am looking forward to working with my colleagues the ministers of health and public safety to, in the coming weeks, announce a task force that will engage on this issue. The task force will be composed of representatives from the justice system, public safety, and health. I look forward to the recommendations they will provide in this regard.

Anne Minh-Thu Quach Salaberry—Suroît, QC

Mr. Speaker, the Liberals made a big promise to legalize marijuana. However, the government just assigned the file to the former justice minister, who has said in the past that she is opposed to the medical use of marijuana.

Let me summarize. A former police chief and now a pot opponent are in charge of the legalization of marijuana. That is like putting Colonel Sanders in charge of the henhouse.

Is the Prime Minister preparing to kill his own plan to legalize marijuana?

Jody Wilson-Raybould Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

Mr. Speaker, again, our government is committed to legalizing marijuana, strictly regulating marijuana, and doing this in a careful and orderly manner.

I am pleased to work with the parliamentary secretary. I am pleased to work with the Minister of Health and the Minister of Public Safety. In the coming weeks we will be pleased to announce a task force that will look into the work of the legalization process, what is required, what is necessary to do it in a careful way. There will be perspectives from health, justice, law enforcement, and public safety.