Canada: Trudeau Mandates Pot Legalization, Overhaul of Conservative Justice Reforms

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  1. http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2015/11/14/trudeau-mandates-pot-legalization-overhaul-of-conservative-justice-reformsNov 14, 2015



    Ministers handed marching orders to repeal key laws, legalize pot and help mentally ill offenders

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ordered a major overhaul of
    Canada's criminal justice system that will put a new focus on
    restorative justice and hatch a priority plan to regulate and legalize
    pot.

    Trudeau delivered mandate letters to each of his cabinet ministers
    Friday, and among the long list of priorities is a sweeping review of
    the last decade of laws and sentencing reforms brought in by the
    Conservatives.

    – Read the entire article at CBC News. http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/politics/liberal-crime-justice-reform-1.3317891
     
  2. It's about time Eh?
     
  3. This Trudeau guy is like a breath of fresh air.
     
  4. This seems too good to be true..I'm skeptical of the gov't getting this right ...Fingers are crossed though!!
     
  5. I mean as a Canadian I think we needed a change, but the new guy is always a breath of fresh air, especially when it's been conservatives for 10 years.


    I'm gonna wait until the honeymoon rose colored glasses phase of politics is over before I pass too much judgment on the guy.




     
  6. me too cause there's other things he's pushing that I don't like and I'd rather not say cause it would start too many opinions
     
  7. please do tell
     
  8. There's just some of the U.S. Big mistakes he's following
     
  9. My city is currently going through a massive decline due to the lack of oil sales and the fact that our oil isn't worth pulling out of the ground.. This place is gonna be a ghost town in 10 years.
     
  10. Canada marijuana legalization emphasized in Liberal agenda

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    Published: Dec 4, 2015, 8:00 pm Comments (1)
    By Charmaine Noronha, Associated Press



    TORONTO- Canada's new Liberal government again promised Friday to legalize
    marijuana in a speech outlining its agenda as Parliament resumes after
    the Oct. 19 election.

    A speech delivered by Gov. Gen. David Johnston reiterated new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's plan to legalize and regulate the recreational use of marijuana.



    It is a position Trudeau has held since becoming leader of the Liberal
    Party in 2013. However, for the first time, the government said it will
    restrict access to marijuana but did not elaborate.

    Trudeau has said that legalizing marijuana would fix a “failed
    system” and help remove the “criminal element” linked to the drug. He
    also has said Canadians would benefit from analyzing the experiences of
    Colorado and Washington state, which recently legalized pot.

    The speech also expanded on five themes that were central to the
    Liberals' election victory, which ended the near-decade-long
    Conservation Party's reign.

    The speech reiterated Trudeau's pledge to cut the tax rate for
    middle-income earners and provide a more generous child benefit to those
    who need it, paid for by a tax hike on the wealthiest 1 percent.

    It also promised significant new investment in infrastructure to boost Canada's stagnant economy.

    Trudeau, who just returned from the climate conference in Paris,
    promised to continue working with provinces to put a price on carbon,
    reduce greenhouse gas emissions and introduce a new environmental
    assessment process.

    The speech also indicated that the new government would create a new
    relationship with aboriginal governments and people. It promised to
    implement the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
    on residential schools, where aboriginal children were abused and
    stripped of their native culture and language between the 1880s and
    1996, when the last school closed.

    The government also promised to launch an inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women.
     
  11. Hopefully this can get done in 2016
     
  12. I keep hearing its medicinal only in Canada.
     

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