We want the Canadian government to bring Marc Emery home to serve his sentence in Canada.

 

This is a normal process called "Treaty Transfer" whereby American and Canadian prisoners are transferred home to serve their sentences in their native country. This is normally done so that prisoners can be closer to their families, and be better monitored and reintegrated into society.

 

Now that Marc Emery has been sentenced in the USA (to 5 years), his lawyers have initiated the treaty transfer application. They expect no objection from American authorities, but there must also be support from Canada’s Public Safety Minister.

 

Originally we were fighting for Canadian officials to block Marc's extradition entirely. Now we are simply asking the Public Safety Minister to accept Marc's treaty transfer and allow him to serve some of his sentence in Canada.

 

Please contact the Canadian Minister of Public Safety Vic Toews (pronounced "Taves") and ask him to approve Canadian citizen Marc Emery's prison transfer application so Marc can serve his sentence in Canada. Please be polite and respectful when contacting Vic Toews.

 

Download .pdf of Repatriate Marc Emery Letter to Vic Toews

 

The Hon. Vic Toews

 

Parliament Hill

Suite 306, HC Justice Building

 

Ottawa, ON  

K1A 0A6

(No postage required in Canada)

 

 

You can also call or email Vic Toews:

204-326-9889

613-992-3128

Toews.V@parl.gc.ca

 

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This week on Tuesday, June 23, as part of the Free Marc Campaign, I took part in the occupation of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's office.

 

To the credit of the office, while at first we were only allowed in a small entry, we were buzzed in to the locked office and were given the opportunity to explain our action to the staff. A staff member asked questions and listened to our concerns for over 15 minutes. As a matter of protocol, police were called down, but the call was treated as a non-urgent matter (we waited for an hour for police to arrive, and only one officer was sent down.) The officer was calm and polite and had both his badge number and name clearly displayed. He in no way threatened us with arrest for our protest, and merely asked our names and confirmed that we would only remain during open office hours. Having confirmed this information, he left.

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By. Angela Blackburn/Oakville Beaver

 

The Free Marc Emery (also known as the Prince of Pot) Campaign came to Oakville Tuesday and one arrest followed.

 

Emery is a Canadian, who was recently extradited — with the co-operation of the Canadian federal government — to await sentencing in the United States for selling marijuana seeds online. Emery is due for sentencing in September and faces five years in prison stateside.

 

The campaign has seen protesters take over numerous offices of members of the Conservative government of Canada, including Prime Minister Stephen Harper, to demand the return to Canada of the imprisoned marijuana activist.

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By Jeremiah Vandermeer, Cannabis Culture

 

CANNABIS CULTURE - Another 'Free Marc Emery' campaign activist was arrested during a Conservative MP office occupation in an apparent attempt by Canadian officials to subvert the rights of peaceful protestors. The arrest is the third in days for members of the campaign, who say authorities are using brute force and shady tactics to keep them quiet.

 

Nicole Seguin, a Vancouver drug policy reform activist and member of the 'Free Marc Emery' campaign, was arrested on Tuesday, June 15 for protesting at the Oakville, Ontario constituency office of Conservative MP Terence Young.

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Nicole Seguin, National Director End Prohibition

 

On Tuesday, June 15, I accompanied the Free Marc Campaign to another stop along our tour in Oakville, Ontario, this time at Conservative MP Terrence Young's office. While I had some idea of the possibility of police show of force based on the police reaction to our stop at Rob Nicholson's office, I was still surprised at the size of the police response to our protest.

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The Daily News (Kamloops)

 

A small group of demonstrators took their protest over the recent deportation of marijuana activist Marc Emery to the riding office of MP Cathy McLeod Monday.

 

The four protesters, aligned with the web-based protest FreeMarc.ca, were also objecting to Bill S10, legislation currently before the Senate that proposes mandatory minimum sentences for dealing marijuana.

 

With the House in session, McLeod was in Ottawa, but her staff told the protesters they could not put up posters at the riding office or prevent constituents from entering.

 

RCMP were summoned and convinced the group to take their protest outside.

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As the National Director of End Prohibition, the NDP's unofficial grassroots organization committed to ending prohibition of marijuana and normalizing Canadian drug policy, I strongly believe in our right, if not obligation, to protest unjust laws through protest, demonstration, and civil disobedience. Throughout history, we can see that violence only begets more violence, and for any civil right to be achieved requires discipline and willingness to suffer without retaliating with force.

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Jodie told me that the interview I did with NDP Member of Parliament Libby Davies for Rabble.ca finally showed up online, which makes me happy even though there are numerous errors and omissions that I will have Jodie post on CC soon. I heard news items on the radio about me, but it's maddening how they screw up details. One radio report said "US DEA arrested Marc Emery in Canada LAST WEEK and quickly had him brought here to Seattle where today he plead guilty to manufacturing marijuana as a result of his seed selling business." There are no journalists these days, just "reporters".

I didn't sleep a wink again last night (Monday night) but was at least able to listen to a classic rock station from 11pm to 4am. Lots of familiar nice songs, I was able to say the name of the song in 19 out of 20 songs before the first words were even sung [Jodie's note: Marc is a music trivia master]. I don't feel tired. I bounded out at 5:30am as soon as they opened my cell door.

I have a health screening today at 11:30m where the doc will take a blood sample and all the other stuff. Already had a tuberculosis exam (a weird injection of something); I don't have tuberculosis, is the result of that test. One thing I'm going to say to the doctor is, "It's too bad food services doesn't subscribe to the Hippocratic Oath ('First do No Harm'). Without fresh vegetables everyone here will get beriberi disease over time; without sunlight, we'll get vitamin D deficiency," etc. I'd hate to be the doctor in this disease-causing malnutritioned environment. He must have lost some kind of bet to end up here...

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