It’s selectively enforced some places in the same way it is in some places in the States. If you’re a white person walking down Bloor West openly toking, you can feel pretty cool and free doing so.
If you’re not, and walking down just about any street in TO openly toking, you’re asking to enter the system. God forbid you be anywhere carding policies are employed. (Canadian Stop and Frisk)
That’s urban, where I am now a proper white landowner/person of means can grow some plants or whatever and expect to never be bothered. Not just because police would expect them to be able to whip out a MM license. But if you’re a poor rural bumpkin you can’t expect the same courtesy at all.
Liberals are straight wrong to not decriminalize, and what backward ass reasoning too, that the black market would remain? It will remain if they don’t decriminalize, will remain as profitable as ever, yet all the while the social ills brought on by prohibition remain too where decriminalizing would alleviate many.
Hopefully? Neither Philpott nor Blair actually said that. And having too much experience with Liberal governments and their keen timelines regarding the delivery of promises as they relate to the next election cycle I am discouraged.
The science is in, the delay to spring 2017 is pointless, unless one considers the possibility of the time 3 readings + Senate + publication etc could take. There is a good chance the law won’t or can’t come into force before election time. The strong, erroneous position the Liberals have taken, that decriminalization is unacceptable, could mean it remains illegal unless the Liberals are re-elected.3 and a half years from now.
I know, I know, probably will be re-elected even if no promises met. But pot people better pour the pressure on from now until you can buy it at the liquor store…
remember that time Chretien decriminalized pot in 2003… yeah, no one else does either, and gosh he just swore he would after delegates at their convention in 2000 passed a resolution supporting it (At the same convention where this “Liberal” party voted en masse against legalizing gay marriage). He introduced the bill, 3 years later… on the cusp of an election, aw, too bad. bad timing eh? The party was re-elected, but to a minority government instead of the majority that somehow didn’t decriminalize with nothing to stop them. So try again? Aw, can’t, minority yo, it’d never fly!
Yeah. Don’t count your grams until they’re trimmed, dried and ready with this bunch.
