First nations call for changes to cannabis law

The First Nations Leadership Council has called for changes to the Cannabis Act. The Cannabis Act is, of course, the bill that legalized cannabis in Canada in 2018.

The First Nations Leadership Council consists of leaders from the BC Assembly of First Nations, the First Nations Summit and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs.

The First Nations group is calling for specific changes to cannabis law to align the legal order with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

First nations call for changes to cannabis law

“First Nations have the right and authority to regulate the cultivation, processing, sale and consumption of cannabis on their territories,” the group’s media release said.

But despite paying lip service to First Nations, the group says colonial governments ignored their “rights and unique needs during the legalization of cannabis.”

In fact, the federal and provincial governments ignored anyone who had an inherent right to grow cannabis. The BC government not only threw the indigenous people under the bus, but also ignored the pleas of the Canadian OG cannabis community, colloquially known as BC Bud.

BC Bud is of course made up of many farmers, some of whom are First Nation.

The First Nations Leadership Council released its statement on April 20, April 20, or International Cannabis Day.

The press release states: “While April 20 is a time of celebration of progress and freedom for many, the lack of avenues on these issues has created barriers for First Nations communities to access the benefits of legalization, and additional challenges posed to ensuring community health and safety.”

The Orwellian “Community Safety Unit”

While the First Nations are calling for changes to cannabis law, the BC government is carrying on as before. Their cannabis enforcement department – the Community Safety Unit – is unique among provinces.

While places like Ontario and Alberta use existing police departments to crack down on illegal cannabis sales, British Columbia’s NDP government felt it necessary to create an entirely new government bureaucracy.

The Community Safety Unit is neither community based nor interested in promoting safety. Claims by supervisors that First Nation pharmacies on reserves would not be raided were found to be false. Or, as honest as most Crown-based governments have been to First Nations.

Despite promises from the BC government to share taxes and revenue, bureaucrats have done nothing for nearly five years after legalization.

Meanwhile, cannabis stores on First Nation reserves still have to pay provincial taxes.

No priority for “Public Health”

First Nations are calling for changes to cannabis law because they recognize:

a) You have the intrinsic right to grow and use cannabis

b) Cannabis is a gateway drug to freedom and sustainability

But of course, Canada’s colonial government has not legalized cannabis because prohibition violates the rights of individuals. The Supreme Court shattered all evidence of that belief last week when it ruled in favor of Quebec’s ban on home growing.

Nor has Canada legalized it, as part of efforts for truth and reconciliation with indigenous peoples.

No, Canada has legalized cannabis due to “public health” concerns. Previously, cannabis was unregulated, benefiting from organized crime and making young people hopelessly dependent.

Now that Ottawa is single-handedly approving every legal cannabis product in Canada’s economy, we’ve saved the kids and all cannabis products are safe.

Aside from product recalls, hidden pesticides, and, oh, a growing problem of “THC overdoses” by children in hospital. How that is possible when foods are limited to 10mg and have child resistant packaging I don’t know.

It’s best to leave the question to the experts. The same “public health” experts who want to bring about “fundamental changes in our socioeconomic structures” that include the overthrow of capitalism and the very concept of “liberty and individualism.”

Public health doesn’t care about First Nations

First Nations call for changes to cannabis law. Public Health ignores them and instead calls for the abolition of capitalism.

No, I’m not exaggerating. That’s the conclusion reached by “public health experts,” including Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Tam (Canada’s Dr. Fauci, for those keeping track of at home).

Authors who “identify themselves as white settlers” wrote a 72-page report at taxpayer expense. They concluded that Canada’s healthcare system is under threat from climate change and we can only improve it by addressing the “fundamentals of our society,” including “the capitalist system.”

The “expert” report is on the same intellectual level as flat-earth theories. They write how “freedom and individualism” will lead to “a vast array of problems” as they appear to “undermine the collective process.”

By that they mean their process. In other words: Your freedoms stand in the way of our big social plan for everyone.

Which sounds a lot like a justification for indigenous residential schools. What about the freedom and individualism of First Nations children?

Doesn’t matter. At that time it was about “taking the Indian away from the child”. Not agreeing meant spreading misinformation.

Now they are stupid attempts to blame climate change and ineffective public health care on “white supremacy, capitalism, colonialism and racism.”

First nations call for changes to cannabis law

While First Nations are demanding tangible changes, like changing the cannabis law, public health busybodies are doing what they have always done: ignore them.

The report’s authors say they are “uninvited squatters” and sensitive to indigenous perspectives.

“Together we have a deep appreciation for the deep and enduring relationship indigenous people have to the land and waters we live on, and we commit to a lifelong learning journey to become good guests here,” the report reads .

And then to promote far-left theories under the guise that these are indeed indigenous values. Nonsense about “lean meat” diets that help the environment, build more homes, and speak out against resource extraction.

Never mind that many First Nations had a sustainable animal-based diet before Europeans killed most of their bison.

Or that the fact that Ottawa continually controls immigration and housing policies contradicts the notion that we are uninvited guests in this country. In fact, it’s downright hypocritical.

And, of course, the authors ignore how many First Nations view local resource development as a way out of poverty. As long as the power stays in their hands, not Ottawa or some faceless multinational.

But of course these government bureaucracies work for these big corporations. They may collect salaries from taxpayers, but the ideological narrative is identical to that of Klaus Schwab and other white, wealthy, well-connected elites.

Promoting these ideas as if they were true Indigenous Canadian values ​​(and that criticism is racist) is trashy.

First Nations Call for Cannabis Law Changes: Civil Disobedience

When it comes to cannabis reform, civil disobedience is the only language governments understand. Although it comes at a high cost, it will be difficult for the BC government to defend the continued CSU raids on peaceful, Indigenous cannabis stores.

As for the authors of the Canadian Public Health and Climate Change Report: shut up.

They write, “Public health is under attack in some provinces… So my concern is that with public health, we’re not really going to be able to get out there and do what we need to do,” the report reads.

Of course, if “what we must do” is to overthrow free markets and the concept of individualism and liberty, then broader public health must also restrict entrepreneurship, free speech and freedom of the press.

And if that is the reality, then the ballot box is not a useful mechanism for change. And you know what happens then.

Better we don’t get to that point. Better if we remember what Thomas Sowell said.

It’s amazing that people who think we can’t afford to pay doctors, hospitals, and medicines somehow think we can afford to pay doctors, hospitals, medicines, and a government bureaucracy to administer them .