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NDP Leader Jack Layton Evades, Denies, and Ignores Jane Taber on Key Questions Surrounding Deal with Pot Parties Question Period, 09/21/2008 Does Layton have something to hide? You decide. Watch and listen carefully. Taber to Layton @ 1:15 : “This has nothing to do with the question I was asking you.” @ 2:49 “I feel like we’re going sort of on a parallel universe here, because you don’t want to answer my questions about these pot candidates!” ———————————— NDP LEADER JACK LAYTON, SEPTEMBER 20, 2008: “We favour decriminalization of marijuana,” Layton said. “We have for a long time. That’s NO SUPRISE to anybody. I was asked these same questions in 2004 and 2006.” SOURCE: www.canada.com COMPARE TO: OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jack Layton’s call for legalizing marijuana is not getting the support of all of his MPs. Earlier this month, Mr. Layton told the Vancouver-based Internet site Pot TV that marijuana is “a wonderful substance” that should be legalized and urged pot smokers to vote for the NDP in the federal election next spring. … “I’ll be urging that we move beyond decriminalization,” Mr. Layton said in an interview. “We need to modernize our laws.” No other leader of a major federal political party has come out in support of legalizing marijuana.” SOURCE: ‘CAUCUS MEMBERS BREAK WITH LAYTON ON MARIJUANA POLICY,’ Globe and Mail, Wed, 26 Nov 2003 SOURCE: www.mapinc.org ———————————– When we asked if, in light of controversial …

NDP Leader Jack Layton: “I know you were following our leadership contest and all of our candidates running for leader took the position that it should be legalized, and I think that that shows that really throughout our party, we are at that stage. I’ve often thought that once those of us who were growing up at a time when pot was readily available and frequently used, reached the point where we were actually the senior decision makers that you would then finally reach that tipping point and laws would begin to change. And when we see whats going on for example, Larry Campbell the Mayor of Vancouver who has come out very clearly to say that the law has to go further than legalization. As long as you’ve got the sale and production of marijuana in the criminal code then what you’re going to have is the likelihood, the tendency for there to be real tension and inappropriate activity associated with it. The moment that you create a legalized environment, then everything becomes somewhat more regularized. I liken it very much to the old prohibition laws and what happened in those days, and its time to get out from under it. My visits to Amsterdam and other cities where there is a more flexible attitude proved to me that this is absolutely the way to go.” SOURCE: 2003 POT-TV Interview with Marc Emery full video available at: ca.youtube.com (this excerpted clip originates at 00:11:29 in the time code of the full video) NOW “We favour decriminalization of marijuana,” Layton said …

NDP Leader Jack Layton: “The first thing to do is get [marijuana] out of the criminal code.” SOURCE: MuchMusic JUNE 2004 —————————————– The Ubyssey Editorial Getting off your high horse with the NDP Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 If youre a fan of maturity, then youve probably been disappointed by this federal election. In one corner, the Conservative Party of Canada. When their war room isnt putting up online ads that show a bird taking a shit on Stéphane Dion, candidates are jokingly wishing the death of an opposition MP. The Liberals arent much better. So far, their defence is pretending that their one bold policy statement—the Green Shift—was a crazy idea that all of us imagined. Their offence is telling the world that Stephen Harper is a bad scary evil man, a strategy that worked wonders for them last time. You would think that out of this leadership vacuum might rise the New Democratic Party, what with a strong set of centre-left policies, and a leader who can actually inspire a crowd. You would be wrong. Take the resignation of local NDP candidates Kirk Tousaw and Dana Larsen. Earlier this month, Tousaw, a former campaign director of the provincial Marijuana Party, was nominated here in Vancouver-Quadra. Larsen, himself the former editor of Cannabis Culture Magazine, was nominated in West VancouverSunshine CoastSea to Sky Country. In the past week however, both of them have resigned, after realizing that they would be a distraction for the …

RE: war on drugs? From: New Democrats (newdemocrats@fed.ndp.ca) Sent: September 18, 2008 2:29:00 PM To: ‘frezno-bob@hotmail.com’ (frezno-bob@hotmail.com) Dear Bob, Thank you for your message inquiring the New Democrat’s position on the failed war on drugs. Canada’s New Democrats are the only national party that actually has a resolution and a policy for decriminalization of marijuana. And, in advocating that position, we understand that we need a drug policy that does not rely primarily on our legal system. This policy must be part of a broader drug strategy that focuses on a health based approach, as recommended by a 2002 Special Committee on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs on which NDP MP Libby Davies played an important role. We want Canada to take steps that reflect a more intelligent and compassionate direction on drug use. Not only have our courts ruled differently on medical marijuana and our government responded accordingly but also there is a growing chorus of established opinion for a different approach to the possession of marijuana for personal use. Decriminalization, we believe, is a first step, but it is not the only step. It is a first step to what needs to be an open debate about the failure of the current practices and the need to focus on the real issues such as: avoiding needless criminalization of citizens; and working with youth on health and social effects – particularly impaired driving. As well, we have been very supportive of harm reduction programs …

RE: war on drugs? From: New Democrats (newdemocrats@fed.ndp.ca) Sent: September 18, 2008 2:29:00 PM To: ‘frezno-bob@hotmail.com’ (frezno-bob@hotmail.com) Dear Bob, Thank you for your message inquiring the New Democrat’s position on the failed war on drugs. Canada’s New Democrats are the only national party that actually has a resolution and a policy for decriminalization of marijuana. And, in advocating that position, we understand that we need a drug policy that does not rely primarily on our legal system. This policy must be part of a broader drug strategy that focuses on a health based approach, as recommended by a 2002 Special Committee on the Non-Medical Use of Drugs on which NDP MP Libby Davies played an important role. We want Canada to take steps that reflect a more intelligent and compassionate direction on drug use. Not only have our courts ruled differently on medical marijuana and our government responded accordingly but also there is a growing chorus of established opinion for a different approach to the possession of marijuana for personal use. Decriminalization, we believe, is a first step, but it is not the only step. It is a first step to what needs to be an open debate about the failure of the current practices and the need to focus on the real issues such as: avoiding needless criminalization of citizens; and working with youth on health and social effects – particularly impaired driving. As well, we have been very supportive of harm reduction programs …