Article: Trudeau says cannabis will become legal 'next summer,' not July 1
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nationalpost.comPosted Dec 19, 2017, 11:54 PM UTC
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nationalpost.comI honestly think he does not want Canada day, being remembed for the day weed was legal. Nothing more.
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That’s actually a good reason too and that’s why it should be July 2nd.
Canada first. Weed second. Everybody wins.
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I would like to see it as April 21, just to troll the 420 stoner culture. But I have a very lame sense of humor and I think that would be funny
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lol Whether Trudeaus dad, Chretien or Trudeau jr the Liberal party never put Canada or Canadians first. They always treat veterans like crap, do not protect our borders....
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never put Canada or Canadians first.
Crazy talk.
They gave us the Charter. They made it easy for me to get divorced. They legalized abortion and gay sex.
Now they are giving you the right to walk down any street with an ounce of weed in your pocket.
do not protect our borders....
The borders are protected and right this minute there are thousands of agents at border crossings protecting you.
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Yep. Bad optics for the government.
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Ok so according to this somewhere next summer means between
Thursday, June 21st and Saturday, September 22nd 2018
Thats not what was being spouted for the last year by them. they all said by July 1st 2018, Not on or not after, but BY.
so with Trudeu spouting next summer, in order to not be a total lying scum bag with what was said earlier, he will need to make it happen, between Thursday, June 21st and Friday June 29th . That would be the area they have to shoot for.
Personally I was hoping for April 20th, which would be sweet.
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Until they are further along in the process it's not like they can guarantee a specific date. Plus or minus a week on either side of July 1 in order to avoid actually legalizing on Canada Day makes sense if there are no hang ups in the committee stage.
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The senate is sitting on this as a committee of the whole, so the "traditional" committee stage is not taking place. This generally has the benefit of speeding up the process.
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Yeah, the way things are going through the Senate makes me think we will see mostly rehashing topics that have already been covered and political theater. Maybe a poetry reading too?
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They said "by July 2018" for a long time now.
That can still be true.
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Hes not a liar, hes saying before or slighlty after the initial dat.
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And it doesn't effect me because I'll still be getting my flower from MoMs and smoking at home. The ball is rolling now and I highly doubt they would pull a complete back track and say it's not happening. I'm in no rush.
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The ball is rolling now and I highly doubt they would pull a complete back track and say it's not happening.
Yep. Billions are being spent on ramping up production and setting up the infrastructure to handle it. Thousands of people have been hired. Contracts are already being signed by various governments.
There is no going back at this point. It would result in massive lawsuits against the government.
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Buncha negative nancies in here. He’s clearly meaning it’ll be earlier!
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Fuck
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Broken promises lead to changed votes. There Will be alot of people who remember this.
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Its not a broken promise.
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if the Liberals keeps extending deadlines, then yes, he can semantically avoid it being called a "Broken promise". But that trick can only go on so long, and its pretty obvious now this election promise is cracking fast. Once a glass doll breaks, you cannot fix it.
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if the Liberals keeps extending deadlines,
When exactly have they extended a deadline on this matter?
They are bang on the timeline they announced 2 years ago.
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"legalization legislation posted last April on the federal government’s website noted that Ottawa expected “to bring the law into effect by July 1 at the latest.”
That is not "bang on" at all. But yes, I appreciate your positivity.
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Premiers, mayors, Police and the refer madness crowd all want it delayed . I think he is looking for an out to delay it. he is probably getting lots of pressure from them, his mp's and gawd knows what the $enate will do... but he has stated many times though and numerous articles out there if one does a search.
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Literally in the Bill in which your party wrote, signed off on, and voted for
That's just a blatant outright lie to say you don't know where that date comes from.
Yep, that's what you get with Trudeau.
It was supposed to be last year! FFS!
Between this bullshit and the refusal to reform voting I am so done believing that the Liberals have any intention to hold to their “promises” that, quite frankly, got them into power. I never voted for them, but all of this justifies my choice.
Bill C-45 does not contain any dates.
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/health/campaigns/legalizing-strictly-regulating-cannabis-facts.html
That is a fact sheet. The bill itself does not contain any references to dates.
Not sure why you are looking for technicalities. You sound like Kathleen Wynne. The Bill was announced along with the July 1st 2018 date. The date was even speculated to be moved sooner rather than later.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/legal-marijuana-date-canada-day-1.4060783
The Liberal party has been very explicit with this deadline and to backtrack now would be nothing but an outright lie.