Attorney General Rejects Canadian MP's Motion to Decriminalize Pot
The federal government will not decriminalize the possession of marijuana until it becomes law — with stringent regulations and restrictions in place, Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould said on Monday.
“Our government’s objectives in doing so are to protect young Canadians by keeping marijuana out of the hands of children and youth,” said Wilson-Raybould. “We also want to keep profits out of the hands of criminals, particularly organized crime.”
The federal attorney general spoke against an Opposition Day motion introduced in Parliament on Monday by NDP justice critic Murray Rankin, who represents Victoria.
The bill urges the government to decriminalize possession of personal amounts of pot before it’s made legal.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau campaigned on a promise to legalize, regulate and restrict access to marijuana.
“You can’t have the prime minister announcing it’s going to be legalized and then stand up and prosecute it,” Rankin said in the House of...
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