Canadian Senate ammends C-15

The Senate Constitutional and Legal Affairs committee today voted to remove under 201 plants from C-15's mandatory minimum sentencing provisions, so long as the production occurs outside of residential areas and in properties owned by the grower.

 

Let me be clear:

 

If you produce 1 plant in a residential neighbourhood, C-15 still prescribes a 9 month sentence.

If you produce 1 plant in a rented property, C-15 still prescribes a 9 month sentence.

If you produce 1 plant in a house that you own, C-15 still prescribes a 9 month sentence.

 

If you produce 200 plants on a farm that you own, C-15 does not apply.

 

Unfortunately, the Committee was missing the two most prominent critics of C-15 during the clause-by-clause debate today, and were unable to propose ammendments to remove 1-201 plants in residential or rented properties.

 

This was a victory today, but a small one, that primarily effects rural areas, leaving urban areas under the thumb of these ridiculous mandatory minimum sentences.