cannabisnews.com: U.S. Warns On Pot Bill U.S. Warns On Pot Bill Posted by CN Staff on December 10, 2003 at 07:55:17 PT By Sun Media Source: Winnipeg Sun Edmonton -- The federal government's controversial marijuana decriminalization bill is coming back to the Commons in 2004 -- and the U.S. ambassador is already warning of reduced border access for Canadian trade and travel. And while U.S. Ambassador Paul Cellucci acknowledged yesterday Canada has the right to set its own drug policy, he warned Ottawa could be setting the stage for a border crackdown if the bill makes weed easier to get here. "Our concern is the perception of this is that this is a weakening of the law ... that it will be easier to get marijuana in Canada," he said during an Edmonton stopover. "Our customs and immigration officers, they're law-enforcement officers. If they think it's easier to get marijuana in Canada, they're going to be on the lookout for it. "That's going to put pressure on the border at a time when we've been trying to take pressure off it. We don't want to have a lot of young people having their vehicles inspected when they're crossing the border." The bill's return might surprise a few of Paul Martin's longtime supporters in caucus. Many backbenchers believed the prime minister designate, anxious to avoid a confrontation with Washington, would let the bill die a quiet death. Source: Winnipeg Sun (CN MB)Published: December 10, 2003 Copyright: 2003 Canoe Limited Partnership Contact: editor wpgsun.com Website: http://www.fyiwinnipeg.com/winsun.shtml CannabisNews -- Canada Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/Canada.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #7 posted by FoM on December 10, 2003 at 19:19:49 PT Articles From The Washington Times Here are three links. They said it's a three part series but I'm not sure if the last article is the third part or the third part isn't on line yet.Guarding America's border: http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031208-123627-3333r.htmDrug smugglers turn to northern border: http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031208-113407-8452r.htmSecure the northern border: http://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20031209-085531-6555r.htm [ Post Comment ] Comment #6 posted by Virgil on December 10, 2003 at 11:51:11 PT The Suns Rupert Murdoch owns a chain of Sun papers in Canada, I think. Maybe someone can Google on it. I know he owns the New York Post and I believe it is loosing money and he still pushes his RW agenda on what is his flagship paper in the US. Faux News in a NewsCorporation holding and as big a joke as any in media. He owns the London Times which is why you very seldom hear anything from them.The guy is 73 years old. His oldest son runs FOX. It will be interesting to see what happens when Ruppert dies, although anyone with any intellectual curiosity, knows how NewsCorp sucks. [ Post Comment ] Comment #5 posted by Sam Adams on December 10, 2003 at 11:40:05 PT Question: Is the US warning Canada, or is Sun Media warning Canada about pot? [ Post Comment ] Comment #4 posted by escapegoat on December 10, 2003 at 11:20:07 PT Anne McLellan caught lying on national television A bunch of activists crashed one of McLellan's little press conferences at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto yesterday, and called her on her lies: specifically, why she is in contempt of the Ontario Court of Appeal, why she announced in Parliament that there was an ongoing research program for AIDS, after cancelling the funding for it a few months previously, and why she is hurting medical marijuana patients.She skated, obfuscated, and the lapdog press never mentioned it later (except, of course, when it went out on the live feed from the conference). [ Post Comment ] Comment #3 posted by Richard Paul Zuckerm on December 10, 2003 at 08:42:16 PT: JEALOUS GOVERNMENT!! As a member of www.aclu-nj.org, www.normlnj.org, www.norml.org, www.copvcia.com, www.jpfo.org, www.fija.org, with a Diploma in Paralegal from New York University [2003], I respectfully request EVERYBODY to read the following law review article:ARE COPS CONSTITUTIONAL?, by Roger Roots, 2001 Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal 685, downloadable from www.constitution.org/lrev/roots/cops.htm.After you read this aforementioned law review article, please log on to www.copvcia.com [which is the mirror web site of www.fromthewilderness.com], check out the articles and video for sale about the United States Central Intelligence Agency drug money laundering of over $200 billion/year?After then, tell me whether you conclude that the United States Government is merely JEALOUS, ENVIOUS, of other governments whom desire to decriminalize Cannabis?Richard Paul Zuckerman, Box 159, Metuchen, New Jersey, 08840-0159, (Cell telephone number)(908) 403-6990, richardzuckerman2002 yahoo.com.NOTE: Recent reports indicate the federal government and local police are seeking to retaliate against protestors and dissenters, like never before!!! Nat Hentoff wrote an article on this in the present internet edition of The Village Voice. [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by goneposthole on December 10, 2003 at 08:13:03 PT propaganda and drug warmongering. truth is lies [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by TroutMask on December 10, 2003 at 08:07:04 PT Aaaaaahhhh.... I can almost feel the breeze from the mighty "SO WHAT!" coming down from Canada. Maybe we should try some steel tarriffs instead. :-)-TM [ Post Comment ] Post Comment