Canada - Trudeau won't say if Liberals will delay cannabis legalization

[S.J.B.]

Trudeau won't say if Liberals will delay cannabis legalization as Senators consider long list of proposed changes
Maura Forrest
National Post
May 2nd, 2018

OTTAWA - With a looming June deadline to vote on the federal government's cannabis bill, Senate committees are recommending a raft of changes to the new law, and even suggesting the Liberals delay legalization.

Asked about the possibility of delaying the bill on Wednesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said only that the government is focused on legalizing marijuana because "the current system hurts Canadians."

"Legalization is not an event, it's a process," he said. "And that process will continue."

The Trudeau government was hoping to legalize recreational use of cannabis by July, but has already indicated that deadline would be pushed back by several weeks to give provincial governments and police authorities time to prepare for the new law.

Three committees released reports recommending amendments to Bill C-45 this week - everything from placing limits on how much marijuana people can keep in their homes to reserving one out of five production licences for producers on Indigenous land.

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[S.J.B.]

This is very frustrating. I fear that this whole plan will die a death of a thousand cuts. They just need to push the damned thing through.

 

[S.J.B.]

Plan to make marijuana legal by summer on track, Trudeau says, despite calls to delay it
Teresa Wright
National Post
May 3rd, 2018

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn’t backing down from his government’s much-maligned timeline for legalizing marijuana, despite a growing chorus of calls from senators, Indigenous leaders and others to delay the plan for up to a year.

Trudeau says the plan to make recreational pot legal by this summer will go ahead without delay.

“We’re going to continue to move forward. We’re going to bring in legalization as we’ve committed to this summer on schedule,” Trudeau said Thursday.

That declaration followed comments the previous day that suggested he was open to slowing down the process, following a Senate committee report calling for more consultation with First Nations on taxation, education materials and addictions treatment.

Every single day that marijuana remains illegal, Canadians are being harmed, proving that the current approach is not working, Trudeau said, predicting that legalization would take control away from criminal organizations and drug dealers.

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[Foreigner]

Sick of this guy and his bullshit. Between this and the pipeline, I don't trust him anymore. He was supposed to be the fresh face and promising future of Canadian politics and he is caving to the old power just like every other sap before him.

Legalization is complicated but not difficult. They've had years to create and roll out a plan. Now they're backpeddling and saying there's still too much to discuss. So? Fucking discuss it then. It's the year 2018.

 

[Pickledlemons]

Sick of this guy and his bullshit. Between this and the pipeline, I don't trust him anymore. He was supposed to be the fresh face and promising future of Canadian politics and he is caving to the old power just like every other sap before him.

Legalization is complicated but not difficult. They've had years to create and roll out a plan. Now they're backpeddling and saying there's still too much to discuss. So? Fucking discuss it then. It's the year 2018.

What??? He is now refusing requests for delay.