Publish Date: April 23, 2009

By Marc Emery

The B.C. Marijuana Party was formed in 2001 because the B.C. NDP and B.C. Liberals both were enforcing the prohibition of marijuana and other substances with increased gusto. In 2001, both the Ujjal Dosanjh NDP government and Gordon Campbell’s Liberals wanted more police on the streets, longer sentences, more convictions, more raids, more “Grow Buster” teams, more anti-gang integrated units.

By Jon Ferry
Monday, April 27th, 2009
The Province
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I couldn't believe my ears Friday when listening to a radio debate between the provincial candidates in Vancouver-Fraserview (listen to the Friday, April 24th 1:00pm show here at CKNW or here on YouTube). Asked by a caller about the current paramedics' strike, Jodie Emery, the Green Party candidate, was far from supportive of the union's position.

Global Marijuana March is on Saturday May 2nd this year in Vancouver. The March starts at 2pm at the Vancouver Art Gallery (Georgia St and Howe St) and proceeds to the West side of the new Vancouver Convention Centre (Thurlow and Cordova).

This years March is very important, as it happens while the Liberal Party of Canada meets, in the Convention Centre, to acclaim Michael Ignatieff as their new leader. We will be protesting just meters away from the convention floor, let's make sure they can smell and hear us inside!

Homeless people living close to 2010 Games venues may be asked to relocate or face arrest when fences go up, security officials said today.

“I’m not going to lie to you and tell you there won’t be an impact for them,” deputy police chief Steve Sweeney told reporters and concerned residents at a public information session on 2010 security.

B.C. doctors are calling for the provincial government to formally recognize addiction as a chronic disease — and provide public funding to deal with it.

The call comes in a report being released today by the B.C. Medical Association that says more than 400,000 British Columbians suffer from some form of addiction.

These people are struggling to get help when they need it, the report says, because of a lack of resources or the high cost of treatment. This in turn puts strains on emergency departments, workplaces and families.

Vancouver police have identified the man who was fatally shot by an officer on Friday in downtown Vancouver as 58-year-old Michael Vann Hubbard.

An autopsy found that Hubbard, of no fixed address, was killed by a single gunshot.

Police said they are reviewing surveillance video of the shooting obtained from two separate sources.

However, a man who said he used his cellphone to record video of the shooting said he believes a police officer on the scene erased his video.

Marc Emery has a political campaign office, a magazine and a retail store based on West Hastings Street in downtown Vancouver — but the marijuana activist said he's hitting a wall when it comes to getting business licences.

In the past, Emery said, he hasn't needed a business licence because everything was run under the umbrella of his political party, the B.C. Marijuana Party.

But Emery said all that has changed.

"We've complied with every government order, renovation order, health order, safety order. We are completely compliant every time they have a request," he said.

I encourage everyone to join Why Prohibition to help stop C-15 and end Prohibition, http://www.whyprohibition.ca/user/register

And tell our Members of Parliament NO on C-15 (Mandatory Minimums for Marijuana) below:
C-15 would impost 6 months for 1 marijuana plant and 12 months for making any kind of hashish! We can't allow C-15 to pass! Email our MP's with the link below:

http://www.whyprohibition.ca/content/vote-no-bill-c-15

Email your MP today and tell them to Vote No on Bill C-15!

Bill C-15 is a dangerous and radical change in Canadian drug policy that