StrainCollector
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READ THE UPDATE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST
Bill C-15 has passed in Canada.
You WILL get 6 Months prison MINIMUM for one plant.
They were hoping this would quietly pass. We need to get the word out and coordinate the biggest and most innovative protest Canada has ever seen. Tell literally everyone and express your anger in the loudest way. BE MAD.
**EDIT**: Thank you to Chimera for correcting me. The minimum 6 month sentence actually applies to between 5 to 201 plants. The first reading of the bill was for anything under 201 plants, however the final reading of the bill was amended to anything between 5 to 201 plants,
EDIT 2 - On a hunch, I googled these three words. Check the first 3 links.
Surprise surprise. It turns out, in 2007 Prime Minister Stephen Harper opened the door to privatized prisons, and now we have passed legislation to allow more of the Canadian population to go to jail, gee I wonder what is going on here.. Fucking assholes in our government are popping champagne bottles right now with rich private jail tycoons. I wish I was more articulate to explain it better. I could just fucking scream.
Professional testimony - arguments against this Bill: (Thanks to FrankD)
---->Click HERE and find your city to see if your MP voted yes or no for Bill C-15.
You can then click on your MP's name to see their picture and contact info. Call them up.
Also, click here for a list of Senators, the senate will be voting on the bill, SO CONTACT THEM.
VERY URGENT UPDATE: July 21 2010
This bill has been re-introduced as Bill S-10. I urge you to say something ANYTHING to your representative. Contact your MP (here) and make it clear to them why passing this is a terrible idea. Stress that sending nonviolent-offenders to prison shapes them into dangerous people. Really, do we want nerdy nonviolent potsmoker hippie gardeners to come out of their punishment as hardened and much-scarier ex-cons?
Click here, confront Your MP, and clearly show why this bill is a problem (Remember, their jobs are to represent you)
Hat-tip to dasruckus for the heads up, and for this link about bill S-10
Bill C-15 has passed in Canada.
You WILL get 6 Months prison MINIMUM for one plant.
They were hoping this would quietly pass. We need to get the word out and coordinate the biggest and most innovative protest Canada has ever seen. Tell literally everyone and express your anger in the loudest way. BE MAD.
**EDIT**: Thank you to Chimera for correcting me. The minimum 6 month sentence actually applies to between 5 to 201 plants. The first reading of the bill was for anything under 201 plants, however the final reading of the bill was amended to anything between 5 to 201 plants,
EDIT 2 - On a hunch, I googled these three words. Check the first 3 links.
Surprise surprise. It turns out, in 2007 Prime Minister Stephen Harper opened the door to privatized prisons, and now we have passed legislation to allow more of the Canadian population to go to jail, gee I wonder what is going on here.. Fucking assholes in our government are popping champagne bottles right now with rich private jail tycoons. I wish I was more articulate to explain it better. I could just fucking scream.
Professional testimony - arguments against this Bill: (Thanks to FrankD)
- 1) BC Police Officer against Bill C15 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=173LZbyWCOU
- 2) Ottawa Lawyer, founder of Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnKccUTyE_M
- 3) Lawyer; Executive Director of the Beyond Prohibition Foundation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1269_doTXQk
- 4) Craig Jones - Exec Dir., John Howard Society
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0mQ8m-0Xqg
---->Click HERE and find your city to see if your MP voted yes or no for Bill C-15.
You can then click on your MP's name to see their picture and contact info. Call them up.
Also, click here for a list of Senators, the senate will be voting on the bill, SO CONTACT THEM.
VERY URGENT UPDATE: July 21 2010
This bill has been re-introduced as Bill S-10. I urge you to say something ANYTHING to your representative. Contact your MP (here) and make it clear to them why passing this is a terrible idea. Stress that sending nonviolent-offenders to prison shapes them into dangerous people. Really, do we want nerdy nonviolent potsmoker hippie gardeners to come out of their punishment as hardened and much-scarier ex-cons?
Click here, confront Your MP, and clearly show why this bill is a problem (Remember, their jobs are to represent you)
Hat-tip to dasruckus for the heads up, and for this link about bill S-10