canada to legalize marijuana in all forms

[stangle12]

BC NDP passes legalization resolution
Monday, February 20, 2006
I am very happy to report that on Sunday, Feb 19, the Provincial Council of the BC NDP passed the "marijuana resolution" which I had tried unsuccessfully to get debated and passed at the BC NDP Convention last year.

This means that the official policy of the BC NDP is now that the party supports a legalized marijuana regime, including regulated access to marijuana, no penalties for personal cultivation and use, and amnesty for all past convictions for marijuana possession.

It wasn't easy getting this debated and voted on at the council meeting, but once we got it to a vote it passed with about 85-90% support.

The Council also passed another resolution calling for harm reduction, expansion of the safe injection site program, and the creation of "safe inhalation" sites for users of smokable cocaine and heroin.

I am thrilled about this! This is a huge step forward for our movement in BC and Canada!

Under the rules of the BC NDP, all resolutions brought forward at the convention which did not get debated during the convention must be dealt with by Provincial Council within 180 days. The meeting this weekend was the only opportunity for the Council to deal with the many undebated resolutions.

They went through most of them in clumps, with virtually all resolutions being dealt with as had been recommended by the policy committee. Some were recommended to be passed, some were recommended to be rejected, and some were recommended to be sent to the policy committee for further work. There was a little debate here and there, but very little overall, with most people just wanting to work through them all as quickly as painlessly as possible.

The marijuana resolution was recommended to be sent back to the policy committee, which is where it would have gone to die.

I was not an official delegate to the Council, so I could not introduce motions or vote on anything. I could speak only with a formal vote of permission (which is readily granted to any NDP member who wishes to talk).

I had a couple of friends at the meeting, including Sam Heppell, a Young New Democrat who has been very helpful and supportive. He rose to introduce a motion to separate out the marijuana resolution from its cluster so it could be debated and voted on separately. He spoke eloquently on how much support the resolution had enjoyed at the convention, and how it was wrong for it to have not been granted higher priority there.

There was some debate, including the question of whether this is only a "federal" issue. However, no-one stood up to oppose the principle of the resolution, and a few others spoke in favour. I was also able to speak in support of it as well.

When it came to a vote we had about 85% support.

The marijuana resolution was the only one that was recommended to be sent back to the policy committee, but was instead passed after debate.

This is the actual text of the resolution that was passed:

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Be it resolved that the BC NDP formally establish an explicit cannabis policy based upon a non-punitive, regulatory approach, including support for a legal supply of cannabis, elimination of all penalties for personal cultivation and possession, and amnesty for past cannabis possession convictions.
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This means that the official policy of the BC NDP is now that "a non-punitive, regulatory approach" is the right one for cannabis, and that the party will have to develop a provincial policy explaining how the province would help to create and regulate a legal supply of cannabis, plus lobby the federal government to eliminate all penalties for personal cultivation and possession, and create a legal amnesty for past cannabis possession convictions.

[bedake]

Wow, a whole new reason kids will be going to windsor...

[stangle12]

im takin a road trip ASAP.

[stangle12]

like...in three weeks.

[beachguy in thongs]

If this is "fake news", I like your creativity, stangle(3 x 4). If not, then let the bricks fall.

[stangle12]

no lie
http://www.endprohibition.ca/news.php

[stangle12]

beachguy i would never lie to you.

[D.Boone]

holy crap i dont believe it thats fucking awesome. O, CANADA, O, CANADA, I COME, TO ,TOKE In CANADA!

[stangle12]

this could lead to the demize in us prohibition. think about it. if the boarder is legal, its gonne be hella easy to get it here

[BigHomie]

Is it hard for an American to become a Canadian citizen?

[beachguy in thongs]

That's gotta be the best National Anthem. When's Canada gonna start taking some of their teams back? The Toronto Maple Leafs are gonna be the Stanley Cup Champions every year. Didn't Edmonton and Vancouver leave? You, still, have Ottowa.

Are the Colorado Rockies the same franchise as, on second thought, who did the Colorado Rockies become?

[bedake]

Is it hard for an American to become a Canadian citizen?

yea its hard


decriminalization is coming this makes me want to go to niagra falls, imagine going there and them having a coffee shop overlooking the falls at night! that would be beautifully trippy

[stangle12]

oh my freakin god

[stangle12]

i went to quebec once. it was fucking amazing. some parts of canada are SOOOO nice. and you look around, and your jus tlike...i wish ic ould smoke right now and enjoy this propper. but you can.t BUT NOW YOU CAN>

[beachguy in thongs]

This gives new meaning to the phrase, "We stand on guard for thee".

[BigHomie]

Dosn't this seem like it would be a big deal... or am I just a pothead? I wonder why I heard about any of this in the news...

[beachguy in thongs]

The only night I went to Canada, Ottowa was throwing a party.

[alaskagirl]

That's Great news!! I can't wait to go to the winter olympics in Vancouver! I always enjoy visiting my friends and tasting the local delights there. Hopefully before then though (if we can get rid of Murkowski), Alaska will be legalized AGAIN!!
peace,
alaskagirl:rasta:

[stangle12]

ok. upon further reading. this is what i conclude:
the BC NDP (ruling party in canada) has officialy changed their party policy to legalizing marijuan in all forms.
so the law isnt changed yet. but the party thinks it should be.

[beachguy in thongs]

I tried their site (BC NDP), and this is what I got:

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.

[stangle12]

hahahahaha. YOU"VE BEEN DENIED by the bc gov.

[stangle12]

nobody gets to see the wizzard. not no way, not no how

[likemclever]

pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

[Az.]

thats fucking awsome!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/americas/2237758.stm

Congrats you lucky Canadians

[stangle12]

this better bring down the price of pot where i live.

[beachguy in thongs]

pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
Ah, that's just Terry Bradshaw. He's bald, anyways.

[stangle12]

hahshshshsha

[slipknotpsycho]

ever stop to wonder if this has anything to do with amsterdam shutting off tourists? like canada see's one of the largest reasons people congregate is about to find a "new home".... if so they're some greedy fuck-heads... it's nice and all, but if this theory could be fact, it means they'd simply be legalizing it, becasue now tourists will have to find a new place to go to smoke weed and shit..

[beachguy in thongs]

We have new forums. I posted that, as well as, the report of Cannabis' effects on the brain (that I got last night from Abyss' thread).
http://www.virginiabeach.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85

[beachguy in thongs]

ever stop to wonder if this has anything to do with amsterdam shutting off tourists? like canada see's one of the largest reasons people congregate is about to find a "new home".... if so they're some greedy fuck-heads... it's nice and all, but if this theory could be fact, it means they'd simply be legalizing it, becasue now tourists will have to find a new place to go to smoke weed and shit..
That's good. Then it will start becoming like gas stations that are across the street from each other. U.S.A. will legalize then everyone will be vacationing in N. America. One side of the street will be cheaper then the other.

But, do you really think that the Bush Administration would be greedy enough to do this?

[bedake]

ever stop to wonder if this has anything to do with amsterdam shutting off tourists? like canada see's one of the largest reasons people congregate is about to find a "new home".... if so they're some greedy fuck-heads... it's nice and all, but if this theory could be fact, it means they'd simply be legalizing it, becasue now tourists will have to find a new place to go to smoke weed and shit..


i didnt know amsterdam is cutting back on tourism? but that could be a very proffitable idea on canadas part if its true. It would be proffitable for canada even if its not true, know how many americans are gonna want to go there?

but yea dude nice point out, thats a smart idea

[stangle12]

bush wont. but his sucsessor might. you know we're going dem. after this fuckhead.

[bedake]

bush wont. but his sucsessor might. you know we're going dem. after this fuckhead.

most deffinetly, whats his approval rating right now? like 35%?

[stangle12]

i like how thats not a big deal too...35% if FUCKING TERRIBLE. anything under 50 for a long time should be able to be voted and recalled.

[stangle12]

and he hasnt seen 50 since nine fucking eleven.

[bedake]

and he hasnt seen 50 since nine fucking eleven.


yea dude its rediculous, 65% of a nation thinking your doing a bad job is horrible. Imagine if 65% of the nation thought that you or I sucked at our jobs, it woulda kinda make you think about resigning.

[stangle12]

if 65% of america didnt aprove of me or you, bet your ass one of them would kill us. only thing stopping them right now is the secret service (on bush taht is) that...and the notion of who would REPLACE bush.gotta go with teh lesser of two evils on that

[Reefer Rogue]

Oh Canadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :dance:

[Oli]

ever stop to wonder if this has anything to do with amsterdam shutting off tourists?

Amsterdam isn't stopping tourists buying from coffeeshops (although The Sun did have an article on it but hey, it's The Sun). Congratulations Canada, definatly a step forward. Hopefully we'll follow suit.

[Swizzy89304]

I wonder if Canada will now be renamed 'Cannada'

[Bonger]

I think you guys are celebrating too soon. BC NDP is not the ruling party of canada. The Conservitives are the ruling party of Canada at the moment with 124 seats followed closely in seats by the Liberals with 103 then the Bloc Quebecois with 51 and then the NDP with 29, they really dont hold enough power to legalize weed.

[xNoa]

I think you guys are celebrating too soon. BC NDP is not the ruling party of canada. The Conservitives are the ruling party of Canada at the moment with 124 seats followed closely in seats by the Liberals with 103 then the Bloc Quebecois with 51 and then the NDP with 29, they really dont hold enough power to legalize weed.
yep, there goes this thread.

[Tetrahydrocannabinol]

This political karma is like a swinging pendulum. What goes up must go down and all that, right? For the conservative zombies must have their day in order for us to experience liberal freedom. Fortunately, across the world we are seeing the sun begin to set and hope for the new dawn is here. It's going to be a long night but when the sun breaks it is going to be awesome.
Canada rules. They wont even let me in. Fcking 1337

:thumbsup:

[stangle12]

right on.
why not?

[mrdevious]

ok. upon further reading. this is what i conclude:
the BC NDP (ruling party in canada) has officialy changed their party policy to legalizing marijuan in all forms.
so the law isnt changed yet. but the party thinks it should be.

Ok I feel I really gotta clear some things up here.

1. the BC NDP is not the "ruling party of Canada" because they're a provincial party, NOT federal!

2. the NDP is not in power right now, the provincial Liberals are. (however I know who I'll be voting for next election).

3. the Federal conservative party, now in charge, is sure to make life difficult for us. but regardless, this is a HUGE step! :)

[Smokey Bear]

From the same nation that brought us legal marriage for homosexuals, now legalized marrijuana...there is something about canada that is just so....GOOD.

[bedake]

the united states is going to invade canada, its bad enough we get most of our oil from there, now legalizing weed? This threatens our national security! we cant have drug lords importing hardcore marijuana into our country straight from canada where it is is legal! Bush demands that this idea is put down or else the bombing will commence in 5 minutes

[altagid]

Sounds good but for us iggarunt murricans, wtf is the BC NDP? Natl Democratic Party in BC? Are they in a position to pass legislature? Can they condradict the federal law (if thats the right term) on this?

I mean is this more than just some local group adopting a resolution like making all nuclear weapons illegal which really has no relevance other than to state a position?

Just confused. Anyway thanks - any step forward is a good one and you are definitely a good guy - despite that funny thing on your forehead

[SmurfyBH]

BC is where I'd want to live if I was in canada anyways.

[Skink]

Yes and Mary Queen of Scots is going to rise from the dead and give every young pot smoking boy of Canada a blow job for Easter...

[mrdevious]

Sounds good but for us iggarunt murricans, wtf is the BC NDP? Natl Democratic Party in BC? Are they in a position to pass legislature? Can they condradict the federal law (if thats the right term) on this?

I mean is this more than just some local group adopting a resolution like making all nuclear weapons illegal which really has no relevance other than to state a position?

Just confused. Anyway thanks - any step forward is a good one and you are definitely a good guy - despite that funny thing on your forehead

NDP stands for "New Democratic Party". they are in possition to pass laws for our province, and that in itself will change a lot of the national mindset and significantly reduce prosecution in BC. Not to mention it'll give supporters more confidence that it is possible to win this battle.

[coolgirl]

I always knew there was something special about Canada:p :o :rasta: :dance:

[tadaa]

I think you guys are celebrating too soon. BC NDP is not the ruling party of canada. The Conservitives are the ruling party of Canada at the moment with 124 seats followed closely in seats by the Liberals with 103 then the Bloc Quebecois with 51 and then the NDP with 29, they really dont hold enough power to legalize weed.

Exactly lol. It was good for a laugh, though. Not gonna happen fellas:(

[hls420]

lol...yeah, my stepbrother is not allowed to enter the US (he's Canadian) due to old pot charges! Wonder if he'll be cleared, then. I bet the border patrol will be much tighter tho', which means longer delays to get through....which sucks!! A friend's brother also lives there and she gets it from him. Becoming Canadian is difficult! My dad did it when he married my stepmom.....took forever for them both to get dual citizenships. One's a "resident alien" and one's considered a "landed immigrant"......lol..

[mrdevious]

You guys keep using the federal and provinal NDP interchangably. they're 2 DIFFERENT PARTY'S, and the one talked about here is NOT the federal one (which also wants to legalize weed).

[RedRainDrop]

Is marijuana REALLY going to be legal in canada??/ It sounds way too good to be true.... but if so, next time i get caught and my dad uses the exucse "i dont want an illegal substance in my house" i will show him that article....

So what is pot legal in BC right now or something?

[Crispyfried]

Well I really hope that Canada does legalize it, because then the US will have no choice but to follow, at least in the relatively near future.

[cokekilla]

haha i just became a canadian citizen a few eeks ago, after having moved from australia 10 years ago.

[tadaa]

This guy is negative about everything... And if Canada legalized pot, America probably would shut down their border.

I'm negative about it because half the people in this thread don't have the common sense to realize if pot was about to be legalized in Canada it would be on every major news station in America.

[higher4hockey]

^ exactly

[GanjaBob]

Haha this has to be the stupidest thing ive ever seen. Before you make a thread you should figure out if what your saying is even true or not.

[orangeman]

I'm definatly moving to Canada if weed gets legal there :D.

[Mingles]

Is it hard for an American to become a Canadian citizen?

Its somewhat difficult actually. My wife and I looked into it a few years back, what with all the political ass-hattery we have here. I seem to recall it being quite too much of a pain with all the steps taken to become a citizen of Canada for us, so we abandoned the idea. That may change though due to news like this.

[kevy cola2]

IT ISN'T LEGAL HERE, TRUST ME I'M CANADIAN!
There are four political parties that make up our government, The Conservatives (like american republicans), the Liberals (like american democrates, they are semi-weed-friendly), the Bloc Quebecois (seperatist frenchies in Quebec) and the NDP (even more left leaning than liberals, they're damn near communist, think Ralph Nader american friends).
The Conservative recently won a federal election so weed definitly won't be legal untill at least the next election. If the Liberals were to regain power they might decriminilize weed meaning you wouldn't receive a criminal record if you got busted you'd just get a ticket that would be no worse than a parking ticket. If the NDP by some miracle got in power they might all out legalize weed, so you could by it at shops or cafes. The thing is, the NDP have minimal support and it is unlikely that they will ever gain control of the government. British Columbians tend to vote all over the place, the NDP don't have control over their provincal government but they have some healthy support there.

Here is a Breakdown of the approximate percentages of power each party has right now:
Conservatives- 40%
Liberals- 35%
Bloc Quebecois- 10-15%
NDP- 10-15%

The Liberals held power throughout the 90s untill about a month ago when a corruption scandel hurt their image and lost them the election. Under Stephen Harper's Conservative party we will start building our military, maybe semi-privatize health-care, maybe outlaw abortion and gay marrige, and give tax cuts to big corparations. The Conservatives tend to represent the province of Alberta (cowboy oil drillers), The Liberals, Ontario (Yuppy coffee drinking hockey lovers), The Bloc, Quebec (conquered whining frenchies) and the NDP represents Unions, pot smokers, enviromentalists and communists (they're kinda spread out across the country)

There's also the green party but a vote for the green party is a vote wasted

[kevy cola2]

opps double post :stoned: :rasta: :pimp:

[kevy cola2]

actually it's pretty easy for an american to become canadian, there's just a lot of paperwork, it'll take about a year untill it's official for ya. (well, it's easy as long as you don't have a criminal record) my sister in-law is a yankee-canuck

[HazeItUp]

omfg thats so crazy i just came in my pants. i hope our government has a slumber party with their government soon. imagine smoking outside infront of ur house in the day just relaxing with ur friends lol, thats living it up man.

[stangle12]

you know whats funny. this thread has repeated itself at least five times:
im sorry for the initial error, but stop correcting everything. READ THE THREAD.

[Tetrahydrocannabinol]

It's merely a matter of time before it is legal. It is already in motion. In the meantime, smoke a joint

[heatherhatesyou]

this is just saying that a certain party, the BC NDP, has passed a resolution in favor of cannabis reform. it hasnt been passed or made into law. no, canada hasn't legalized marijuana "in all forms", but hey, at least a major canadian political party has come out on the pro-pot side.

[Flesh420]

I do belive we need to smoke a bowl for this one :)

[homemade]

This guy is negative about everything... And if Canada legalized pot, America probably would shut down their border.

well then they better win the "war on tarrorism" aka "the war for oil" if they were to close borders to Canada cause then they wont get our oil

:cool:

[kevy cola2]

IT ISN'T LEGAL, GET OVER IT

[mrdevious]

IT ISN'T LEGAL, GET OVER IT

Seems many people still can't grasp this, even though it's been explained a million times that this is a provincial issue, and it's not being passed unless the NDP wins again.

on the other hand.....







OMG CANNABIS IS LEGAL HERE NOW!!!!11111oneoneone

[beachguy in thongs]

Hah!!! LOL, you Kelownan Bastard. :smokin: (taken from many a movie lines)