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Canada Conservative Government Scraps Plan to Decriminalize Marijuana Use

By Terry Vanderheyden OTTAWA, April 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s Prime Minister has scrapped a plan devised by the former Liberal government to decriminalize possession of Marijuana. Stephen Harper announced Monday his decision to throw out the draft legislation created before the outgoing Liberals lost the election January 23. The announcement broken to a professional police association was met with a round of applause. “We will not be reintroducing the Liberal government’s marijuana decriminalization legislation,” Harper announced at a Canadian Professional Police Association meeting. “I thought we might find a receptive audience here,” he added, according to a Reuters report.

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By Terry Vanderheyden

OTTAWA, April 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s Prime Minister has scrapped a plan devised by the former Liberal government to decriminalize possession of Marijuana.

Stephen Harper announced Monday his decision to throw out the draft legislation created before the outgoing Liberals lost the election January 23. The announcement broken to a professional police association was met with a round of applause.

“We will not be reintroducing the Liberal government’s marijuana decriminalization legislation,” Harper announced at a Canadian Professional Police Association meeting. “I thought we might find a receptive audience here,” he added, according to a Reuters report.