C-15 Has Returned - Now Called S-10

Submitted by Jacob Hunter on Wed, 05/05/2010 - 3:19pm
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Rob Nicholson today reintroduced C-15 as Bill S-10, the bill is slightly different, with mandatory minimum sentences kicking in at 6 plants, not 1. So, to say again, the bill no longer has a mandatory minimum sentence for 1 marijuana plant.
 
That being said, the bill is a disaster for Canada. S-10 will imprison thousands of Canadians for victimless crimes, send people to jail for growing 6 marijuana plants, making any hashish (or baked goods) and a host of other offences.
 
There is no evidence that S-10 will work, indeed, every scientific study says it will fail. We know that prohibition has never worked, and we know that mandatory minimum sentences only increase the violence in our society.
 
Please contact your Member of Parliament (Login to WhyProhibition.ca, your MP will display in the top Right of the page) and let them know you oppose S-10 or any mandatory minimum sentence for marijuana.
 
Additionally, please, call (866) 808-8407 to let the Conservative Party of Canada know you oppose their harmful and dangerous so called "tough on crime" strategy. The evidence is clear, S-10 will do nothing but harm our society and cost billions of dollars.
 
 
Call (866) 808-8407 today to let the Conservatives know how you feel.
 
Here is the backgrounder on S-10:
 
 
Proposed New Mandatory Sentences for Serious Drug Offences
Schedule 1 drugs (cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, etc.)
OFFENCE MANDATORY PENALTY NOTES
  w/
Aggravating Factor
List  A1 		w/ Aggravating Factor
List B2		 w/ Health and Safety Factors3
Production 2 YEARS n/a n/a 3 YEARS  
Trafficking   1 YEAR 2 YEARS n/a  
Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking   1 YEAR 2 YEARS n/a  
Importing
Exporting 		1 YEAR n/a n/a n/a Offence is committed for the purpose of trafficking
2 YEARS
(if more than 1 kg of Schedule 1 substances)
Possession For the Purpose of Exporting 1 YEAR n/a n/a n/a Offence is committed for the purpose of trafficking
2 YEARS
(if more than 1 kg of Schedule 1 substances)
Proposed New Mandatory Sentences for Serious Drug Offences
Schedule II drugs (cannabis and marijuana)
OFFENCE MANDATORY PENALTY   NOTES
  w/
AggravatingFactors- List A1		 w/
Aggravating Factor - List B2		 w/
Health and Safety Factors3
Trafficking   1 YEAR 2 YEARS n/a Offence would have to involve more than 3 kg of cannabis marijuana or cannabis resin
Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking   1 YEAR 2 YEARS n/a Offence would have to involve more than 3 kg of cannabis marijuana or cannabis resin
Importing
Exporting		 1 YEAR n/a n/a n/a Offence is committed for the purpose of trafficking
Possession for the Purpose of Exporting 1 YEAR n/a n/a n/a Offence is committed for the purpose of trafficking
Production -
6 - 200 plants
 		 6 MOS n/a n/a 9 MOS Offence is committed for the purpose of trafficking.
Maximum penalty will be increased to 14 years imprisonment
Production -
201 – 500 plants		 1 YEAR n/a n/a 18 MOS Maximum penalty will be increased to 14 years imprisonment
Production - more than 500 plants 2 YEARS n/a n/a 3 YEARS Maximum penalty will be increased to 14 years imprisonment
Production -
oil or resin		 1 YEAR n/a n/a 18 MOS Offence is committed for the purpose of trafficking
¹ Aggravating Factors List A
The aggravating factors include offences committed:
  • for the benefit of organized crime;
  • involving use or threat of violence;
  • involved use or threat of use of weapons;
  • by someone who was previously convicted of a designated drug offence or had served a term of imprisonment for a designated substance offence in the previous 10 years; and,
  • through the abuse of authority or position or by abusing access to restricted area to commit the offence of importation/exportation and possession to export. 
² Aggravating Factors List B
The aggravating factors include offences committed:
  • in a prison;
  • in or near a school, in or near an area normally frequented by youth or in the presence of youth;
  • in concert with a youth
  • in relation to a youth (e.g.  selling to a youth)
³ Health and Safety Factors
  • the accused used real property that belongs to a third party to commit the offence;
  • the production constituted a potential security, health or safety hazard to children who were in the location where the offence was committed or in the immediate area;
  • the production constituted a potential public safety hazard in a residential area;
  • the accused placed or set a trap.
 

Comments

Total cash grab. Who will get

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/02/2010 - 1:06pm.

Total cash grab. Who will get contracts to build prisons? Buddies of politicians, and businesses politicians have investments in. I would bet if you look into investments made by politicians supporting these changes you will see they invest... in companies that get contracts to built and service the prisons across Canada. Private prisons are next and who will invest in these prisons? Of course the wealthy elite financial criminals supporting such changes to incarceration that are not going to fund rehabilitation. Canada will become a police state like The U.S.
Call these changes a War on Drugs or A war Against Canadians. Millions will be spent to spy on civillians while healthcare and education will suffer.

Reform Wall Street - End the Drug War

Submitted by urnrg on Thu, 06/10/2010 - 11:24pm.

On November 12th, 1999, Bill Clinton signed into law the act that repealed the Glass-Steagall Act and which precipitated the global financial crisis ten years later.

If the US could (wrongly) repeal an act that was established after the Great Depression to protect against harmful bank practices then the US government could (and correctly should) end the drug war which is as effective as alcohol prohibition was back then.

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"The repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 effectively removed the separation that previously existed between Wall Street investment banks and depository banks and has been blamed for exacerbating the damage caused by the collapse of the subprime mortgage market that led to the Financial crisis of 2007–2010.", Wikipedia

"The Banking Act of 1933 was a law that established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in the United States and introduced banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation. It is most commonly known as the Glass–Steagall Act, after its legislative sponsors, Carter Glass and Henry B. Steagall.", Wikipedia

"The Twenty-first Amendment (Amendment XXI) to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which mandated nationwide Prohibition. It was ratified on December 5, 1933", Wikipedia.

Bill S-10 information resources, transcripts, etc.

Submitted by FrankD on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 1:16pm.

The main Bill S-10 information page:
http://www.cannabisfacts.ca/mandatoryminimums.html

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The following are links to highlighted Senate transcripts of three Bill S-10 debates that have taken place in the Senate. (includes photos and related info/links)

May 11, 12 & 13:

1) Senator John Wallace (Conservative MP who introduced S-10)
http://www.cannabisfacts.ca/Bill-S10_Senate_100511.html

2) Senator Baker (Lib)
http://www.cannabisfacts.ca/Bill-S10_Senate_100512.html

3) Senator Nolin (Con)
http://www.cannabisfacts.ca/Bill-S10_Senate_100513.html
[*Sen. Nolin chaired the Senate Special Cttee that recommended legalizing and regulating cannabis in 2002. http://www.senatereport.ca ]

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Overview of the process of passing Bill S-10:
http://www.cannabisfacts.ca/Bill-S10-theprocess.html

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VIDEO

"Senator John D. Wallace just doesn't get it!"

This video reveals Senator Wallace's lack of basic understanding about the legislation (C-15/S-10) and shows his lack of credibility on the matter. Ironically, he is the Senator who introduced S-10.

Part 1) http://www.youtube.com/user/CannabisFactsForCdns#p/u/0/tcOs7SmX4WM

Part 2) http://www.youtube.com/user/CannabisFactsForCdns#p/u/1/x6AsIgo77fY

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www.FrankDiscussion.net • www.CannabisFacts.ca

Law

Submitted by RhettB on Mon, 06/21/2010 - 5:19am.

Hey, i just had a question about the law i was hoping someone could answer. i dont really know where else to post this lol. Anyway, my question was is there any way the people can have any input while they have that bill in discussion? From the numbers i have seen, it looks like most people would agree that the bill that should be there now is one that makes the good herb legal! im sure that if there were a nationwide poll taken, and all the stoners were made aware of it, that the greater majority would vote for legalization!