How Pierre Poilievre will ban cannabis – Weed | hemp | marijuana

Could future Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Poilievre ban cannabis without a parliamentary debate?

As governments around the world overreacted to the coronavirus, Canadians smoked record amounts of weed. It’s only natural that when people were placed under house arrest and fed propaganda about the end of the world, they felt the need to smoke the stress away.

So what? Cannabis is a harmless plant. It is non-lethal and non-toxic. It will not poison you or make you “addicted”.

But public health busybodies don’t think so.

These are the same fascists who have called for (or continue to call for) lockdowns and vaccination mandates. These people believe that their “expert opinion” overrides our legal system and the rule of law.

They believe that “cannabis use disorder” affects people like a disease. That its medicinal value is overrated and its harm underestimated.

So all Poilievre has to say is that he “listens to the experts” and voila!

Banned cannabis and no parliamentary debate. This is how Pierre Poilievre will ban cannabis.

Will Pierre Poilievre ban cannabis?

When British Columbia decriminalized opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA last June, Pierre Poilievre tweeted negatively.

“Decriminalizing deadly drug use is the opposite of compassion. Those struggling with addiction need treatment and recovery. Drug dealers need strong police and tough penalties.”

Of course, Poilievre is right for the wrong reasons.

If we accept public health regulations in a flu pandemic, why not trust their drug use expertise?

Instead of decriminalizing drugs, BC police could arrest users and place them in mental institutions against their will. Take their phones and cut them off from the outside world. After all, that’s what addiction treatment and recovery is all about.

And then I think we can all agree that your local fentanyl dealer deserves the death penalty.

As for cannabis? Conservatives are unlikely to repeal the cannabis law any more than they have repealed same-sex marriage laws.

But as I said, Poilievre does not need parliamentary approval.

Power is concentrated in the hands of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). And at the expense of the House of Commons and the Cabinet.

This trend didn’t start under Justin Trudeau. Yet he certainly accelerated them just as Stephen Harper accelerated the trend of Liberal government before him.

There’s no reason to think Poilievre would give up that kind of power.

Seriously, will Pierre Poilievre ban cannabis?

No probably not.

But what if Poilievre wants to remove cannabis from Canada like Justin Trudeau is disarming the public?

In this case, Poilievre does not need anyone’s approval but his own. Trudeau makes firearms illegal through an order-in-council.

In theory, the entire cabinet drafts a council decision. The governor general then approves it. In most cases, Council decrees are announcements of federal appointments or ordinances.

They are not intended to replace the legislative process. But that’s exactly what Justin Trudeau does. He uses an executive order like US presidents use an executive order.

Even if you support Justin’s strict, government-enforced gun control, don’t agree with him.

Because if he can introduce new sweeping laws through a council decision, nothing prevents a Conservative government from using the same process to ban cannabis again.

Pierre Poilievre Ban cannabis? Here’s what he’ll do instead

Nothing.

Canada’s legalization review is long overdue. I don’t expect a Poilievre government to push for reform unless legalization turns out to cost taxpayers billions more in regulatory oversight than alcohol or tobacco.

In that case, Poilievre may want to seek advice from Conservative Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Once asked about the proliferation of cannabis businesses, he said, “It doesn’t matter if it’s cannabis or any other type of business, the market will take care of it.”

That’s the correct answer.

What Poilievre should do

Poilievre is talking about removing gatekeepers so Canadians can build and live in more homes.

Instead of a hypothesis where Pierre Poilievre bans cannabis, how about one where he improves the industry by cutting taxes and regulations?

Cannabis biomass is the responsibility of Ottawa. Poilievre can repeal the cannabis law and replace it with laws that treat cannabis for the agricultural commodity it is.

Using hemp in construction is not a fringe idea. While it has disadvantages (e.g. not being suitable as a load-bearing material), hemp is an excellent insulator and absorbs carbon. Hempcrete tolerates moisture well, reduces the possibility of mold and promotes good indoor air quality.

Cannabis can also make bioethanol, a gasoline substitute made from fermented stems. The plant’s oil is used to produce hemp biodiesel, which is suitable for diesel engines. Hemp is less toxic than table salt, can run on an unmodified diesel engine, and burns clean enough to meet federal regulations.

Will Poilievre do these things? Unlikely, but considering he’s already considered a fringe radical by the corporate press, what does he have to lose?

Poilievre says Wilfred Laurier is one of his favorite prime ministers. Laurier once said, “Canada is free, and freedom is its nationality.”

Suppose Poilievre wants a place in the history books alongside Laurier. If so, he can transform Canada’s economy from a petroleum-based to a cannabis-based one.

He went down in history as a pioneer – as the founding father of the New Green Economy. And not the fake green propaganda we hear from the World Economic Forum and other globalist organizations.

I mean real, natural environmentalism.

A policy that does not sacrifice our freedom or our standard of living. Policies that recognize pollution for what it is: violations of private property.