Email of the Day - Let's Opt-Out Of Ottawa Laws!
Coleman , Last week, there was a story in the news that, at first glance, may seem unrelated to Alberta's fight for fairness. However, when we dug into the details, we realized that it could have major implications for our province and our relationship with Ottawa. On the last day of May, British Columbia Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Sheila Malcolmson, and her federal equivalent, Carolyn Bennett, held a joint press conference in Vancouver to announce that the federal government would be giving the British Columbia government an exemption from the enforcement of Canada's federal drug policy. This is an exemption that the British Columbia government has been pushing for, for quite some time, and means that in British Columbia, it will no longer be a criminal offence for Canadians over the age of 18 to possess up to a cumulative 2.5 grams of opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine, and MDMA. Now, whatever your opinion on t...
