By Ethan Baron, Postmedia News
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is getting tougher on pot growers than he is on rapists of children.
Under the Tories' omnibus crime legislation tabled Tuesday, a person growing 201 pot plants in a rental unit wou…
Posts Tagged ‘mandatory minimum sentences’
Marijuana Growers to Face More Jail Than Child Rapists Under Harper’s New Omnibus Bill
September 23, 2011 | 9 views | No Comments
Posted in NewsExperts Voice Opposition to Bill S-10 And Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
January 21, 2011 | 0 views | No Comments
CANNABIS CULTURE – Opposition is growing to Bill S-10, the Conservative-proposed legislation that would bring mandatory minimum sentencing for marijuana offences to Canada, with the release of a new letter from medical and scientific professionals aski…
Senate Passes S-10 – Now Proceeds to House of Commons
December 14, 2010 | 0 views | No Comments
By. Jacob Hunter, WhyProhibition.ca
On December 13 the Canadian Senate Passed S-10 (formerly known as C-15 and C-26 before that). So, where does that leave our community?
S-10 proposes Mandatory Minimum Sentences of 6 months for growing 6…
Posted in NewsNo on S-10! Canada-Wide Rallies Against Conservative Drug Laws
September 27, 2010 | 4 views | No Comments
Canada needs your help! On SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, marijuana activists are planning Canada-wide rallies to call attention to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservative government’s Bill S-10, the disastrous drug bill that includes mandatory minimu…
Provinces to Spend $2.7B on Prisons
March 10, 2010 | 4 views | No Comments
By. Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star OTTAWA–Provinces are spending $2.7 billion to expand or replace aging and overcrowded jails across Canada – with little public scrutiny, an Ottawa researcher says. Justin Piché, a PhD candidate in sociology at Carleton University, obtained data through freedom of information requests, email and phone contact with each of the provinces [...]
