Majeres' Musings

and yet he will get extremely peeved at the below journalistic summary of a Liberalating or a true Conservative with values before ..... oh, lets say 1932, present day Court Case. 

Ohhh, and the Harpies who cannot Harp since Harper took away their Harping abilities will be peeved as well.  That is if they hold Conservative values that do not pre-ceed 1931.

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Friday July 13 after hours, the below was released.

Judge rules Canada's pot possession laws unconstitutional

A Toronto judge has ruled that Canada's pot possession laws are unconstitutional after a man argued the country's medicinal marijuana regulations are flawed.

The 29-year-old Toronto resident had been charged with possession of about 3.5 grams or roughly $45 dollars worth of marijuana.

The man has no medical issues and doesn't want a medical exemption to smoke marijuana. In 2001, Health Canada implemented the Marijuana Medical Access Regulations, which allow access to marijuana to people who are suffering from grave and debilitating illnesses.

In court, the man argued that the federal government only made it policy to provide marijuana to those who need it, but never made it an actual law. Because of that, he argued, all possession laws, whether medicinal or not, should be quashed.

The judge agreed and dismissed the charges.

"The government told the public not to worry about access to marijuana," said Judge Howard Borenstein. "They have a policy but not law.… In my view that is unconstitutional."

Defence lawyer Brian McAllister, who represented the man, said the ramifications of the ruling have potential to be "pretty big."

"Obviously, there's thousands of people that get charged with this offence every year," he said.

McAllister said Ontario residents charged with possessing marijuana now have a new defence.

"That's probably why the government will likely appeal the decision," he said.

Borenstein has given prosecutors two weeks before he makes his ruling official. Prosecutors told CBC News they want a speedy appeal to overturn the decision.

"For the time being, nothing changes," Toronto police spokesman Mark Pugash said about how the force deals with marijuana possession. "We have to wait and see what happens with the process through the courts."

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OK, just to update, the gov did not Appeal.  Why?  They don't want to lose again which would hit the media large.  The gov would not want it Appealed to the Supreme Court due to the Precidant that it would set.  Harper would have a hard time trying to re-illegalize cannabis.

THE GOV JUST IGNORES IT AS THE COPS OF WHOM MOST ARE UNAWARE OF THIS, KEEP ARRESTING PEOPLE TO HARPERS' DELIGHT.

All those people being arrested have to be compensated, those who did jail time have to be compensated, those who had their kids taken away - compensated.  Yes, looking at pretty well a billion dollars in compensation here.  This is in a sense that cannabis has been legal since ... I think it was in 2003 that Krieger in Alberta did the same thing, and the government was not informed by the Prosecuting Attorney( which is where it all began, not telling the higher ups by a god damned civil servant).

Harper wanting a Free Trade Deal with Columbia, yea right.  Harper cannot hire enough Customs Officials to inspect every Container that comes from there to appease those religous zealots in the Cons Party.  Can't even allow 1 ounce into this Country says they.

cheers :) majere

the ndp still do not count, thats why they run deficets