The civil liberties battle is heating up as the Canadian government prepares to open a second case against a website accused of promoting hatred. Canada Students at a British Columbia high school are unsure what to wear now that a new zero-tolerance dress code appears to ban virtually all items of apparel. One student responded by appearing in class wearing only Post-It notes. According to a new poll, a majority of Canadians believe gay and lesbian couples should be allowed to marry and the number of Canadians approving of homosexuality has doubled in the past five years. Canada Canada's Liberal Justice Minister has opened the way for a debate over the legalization of marijuana.
Conservative opponents charge that the government just wants something new to tax.
Despite a strong national push to legalize or decriminalize small-scale marijuana possession and use, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien refuses to consider anything beyond the limited use of the drug for medical purposes. The Canadian Police Association will put itself at odds with both the Canadian Association of Police Chiefs and the RCMP with a public call for the government to maintain possession of marijuana as a criminal offense. The other two groups have called for decriminalization. This proposal, though far from perfect, is a legitimate attempt by Parliament to license and regulate the use of medical marijuana for seriously ill patients. With thousands of protesters descending upon the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City, Canada, this weekend to express their disapproval of free trade, experts at the Cato Institute say the protesters support restrictions that hurt human freedom and prosperity.