GREENS SAY HARPER CRIME BILL WRONG ! LEGALIZE CANNABIS !!!!!

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Media Release

For Immediate Release

October 11, 2021

 

Harper's "war on drugs" regressive and irresponsible: Green Party

 

OTTAWA – The Green Party today denounced Prime Minister Stephen Harper's proposed drug strategy as an ideologically-driven step in the wrong direction and ignorant of evidence-based research.  Last week, Mr. Harper announced his intent to spend $64 million in a war on drugs, focusing on punishment and enforcement – not prevention.

 

"Mr. Harper is far too eager to sign Canada on to a Bush-style war on drugs that has spent billions and achieved nothing," said Green Party leader Elizabeth May.  "An overwhelming body of evidence supports the notion that an effective drug strategy would focus on prevention, treatment facilities and harm reduction programs. 

 

"Mr. Harper preaches prevention, yet spends many times the funds allocated to prevention on enforcing antiquated drug laws and punishing drug users. This approach is akin to simply burning tax dollars and is severely damaging to society.  Instead of listening to the facts, Mr. Harper is trying to appear tough on crime in a desperate attempt to grab votes."

 

Jared Giesbrecht, Justice Critic for the Green Party, added that the 2002 Senate Special Committee on Drugs and examples from European countries have led the Green Party to the conclusion that it is time to legalize the adult use of marijuana, developing a taxation rate for the substance similar to that of tobacco.

 

"Mr. Harper's plan to impose tougher penalties on users of marijuana and other drugs is a misguided approach. Substance abuse is a medical issue, not a criminal issue. Simply spending more tax dollars on drug law enforcement is not the answer. Canadians want to see a comprehensive anti-drug strategy that gets to the root of the problem, not Harper's patch-work agenda that seeks the quick fix."

 

Mr. Giesbrecht added that the Green Party would fund and expand safe injection sites, like the Insite clinic in Vancouver, that are proven to save lives. 

 

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Contact:

Camille Labchuk

Press Secretary

613-882-4761

clabchuk@greenparty.ca

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From: Jim Harris
To: shavluk@telus.net
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2021 6:25 PM
Subject: Help the Green Party of Saskchewan Run a Full Slate!




Dear Green Party Suppporters:

A provincial election has just been called in Saskatchewan for November 7 – and the Green Party of Saskatchewan (GPS) needs your help in achieving its first ever full slate!!

So far the GPS has nominated 37 candidates in the province's 58 ridings. But GPS needs your help in finding the final 21 candidates.

Call all your family and friends in Saskatchewan and urge them to get involved in the election helping the Green Party! You may know of someone in an environmental NGO, or someone who has deep concerns about the future of the planet, climate change, or has a son or daughter who has childhood asthma.

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Jim Harris
Former Leader, Green Party of Canada 
 

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