C-15 Has Returned – Now Called S-10

Posted by gestroud Wednesday, June 9, 2010 | 0 views

Rob Nicholson today reintroduced C-15 as Bill S-10, the bill is slightly different, with mandatory minimum sentences kicking in at 6 plants, not 1. So, to say again, the bill no longer has a mandatory minimum sentence for 1 marijuana plant.

That being said, the bill is a disaster for Canada. S-10 will imprison thousands of Canadians for victimless crimes, send people to jail for growing 6 marijuana plants, making any hashish (or baked goods) and a host of other offences.

There is no evidence that S-10 will work, indeed, every scientific study says it will fail. We know that prohibition has never worked, and we know that mandatory minimum sentences only increase the violence in our society.

Please contact your Member of Parliament (Login to WhyProhibition.ca, your MP will display in the top Right of the page) and let them know you oppose S-10 or any mandatory minimum sentence for marijuana.

Additionally, please, call (866) 808-8407 to let the Conservative Party of Canada know you oppose their harmful and dangerous so called "tough on crime" strategy. The evidence is clear, S-10 will do nothing but harm our society and cost billions of dollars.

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Call (866) 808-8407 today to let the Conservatives know how you feel.

Here is the backgrounder on S-10:

Proposed New Mandatory Sentences for Serious Drug Offences
Schedule 1 drugs (cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, etc.)

OFFENCE	MANDATORY PENALTY				NOTES
OFFENCE		w/ Aggravating Factor List A¹	w/ Aggravating Factor List B²	w/ Health and Safety Factors³	NOTES
Production	2 YEARS	n/a	n/a	3 YEARS
Trafficking		1 YEAR	2 YEARS	n/a
Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking		1 YEAR	2 YEARS	n/a
Importing Exporting	1 YEAR	n/a	n/a	n/a	*Offence is committed for the purpose of trafficking*
Importing Exporting	2 YEARS *(if more than 1 kg of Schedule 1 substances)*	n/a	n/a	n/a	*Offence is committed for the purpose of trafficking*
Possession For the Purpose of Exporting	1 YEAR	n/a	n/a	n/a	*Offence is committed for the purpose of trafficking*
Possession For the Purpose of Exporting	2 YEARS **(if more than 1 kg of Schedule 1 substances)**	n/a	n/a	n/a	*Offence is committed for the purpose of trafficking*

ANNEX B

Proposed New Mandatory Sentences for Serious Drug Offences
Schedule II drugs (cannabis and marijuana)

OFFENCE	MANDATORY PENALTY				NOTES
OFFENCE		w/ AggravatingFactors- List A¹	w/ Aggravating Factor – List B²	w/ Health and Safety Factors³	NOTES
Trafficking		1 YEAR	2 YEARS	n/a	Offence would have to involve more than 3 kg of cannabis marijuana or cannabis resin
Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking		1 YEAR	2 YEARS	n/a	Offence would have to involve more than 3 kg of cannabis marijuana or cannabis resin
Importing Exporting	1 YEAR	n/a	n/a	n/a	Offence is committed for the purpose of trafficking
Possession for the Purpose of Exporting	1 YEAR	n/a	n/a	n/a	Offence is committed for the purpose of trafficking
Production - 6 – 200 plants	6 MOS	n/a	n/a	9 MOS	Offence is committed for the purpose of trafficking. Maximum penalty will be increased to 14 years imprisonment
Production - 201 – 500 plants	1 YEAR	n/a	n/a	18 MOS	Maximum penalty will be increased to 14 years imprisonment
Production – more than 500 plants	2 YEARS	n/a	n/a	3 YEARS	Maximum penalty will be increased to 14 years imprisonment
Production - oil or resin	1 YEAR	n/a	n/a	18 MOS	Offence is committed for the purpose of trafficking

¹ Aggravating Factors List A

The aggravating factors include offences committed:

for the benefit of organized crime;
involving use or threat of violence;
involved use or threat of use of weapons;
by someone who was previously convicted of a designated drug offence or had served a term of imprisonment for a designated substance offence in the previous 10 years; and,
through the abuse of authority or position or by abusing access to restricted area to commit the offence of importation/exportation and possession to export.

² Aggravating Factors List B

The aggravating factors include offences committed:

in a prison;
in or near a school, in or near an area normally frequented by youth or in the presence of youth;
in concert with a youth
in relation to a youth (e.g. selling to a youth)

³ Health and Safety Factors

the accused used real property that belongs to a third party to commit the offence;
the production constituted a potential security, health or safety hazard to children who were in the location where the offence was committed or in the immediate area;
the production constituted a potential public safety hazard in a residential area;
the accused placed or set a trap.

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C-15 Has Returned – Now Called S-10
Source: WhyProhibition.ca

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