Pubdate: Sat, 05 Jun 2004
Source: Montreal Gazette (CN QU)
Copyright: 2004 The Gazette, a division of Southam Inc.
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/274
Author: Andy Riga, The Gazette
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada)

WHIPS, CHAINS, POT AND POLITICS

Is Parliament Hill ready for a pot-smoking MP/dominatrix?

"Ottawa is where I came from and where I started my pot-smoking and my 
domination, so I certainly hope they're ready to reap what they've sown," 
Montrealer Carol Taylor, running for the Marijuana Party in her home town 
of Ottawa, tells The E-File. Taylor, a 29-year-old former Senate page, goes 
by the name Ms. Qui in her local dungeon, equipped with whips, chains and a 
"suspension cage." Domination and politics "go well together - both are 
very negotiation-oriented," says Taylor, whose Web site address can't be 
published in a family paper. When not inflicting pain, she smokes an eighth 
of an ounce of pot daily to dull her own pain, the result of a 1992 stroke. 
An advocate of legalized pot, Taylor wears latex hot pants and claims her 
"primal fetish is federal politics." She's running against Liberal MP 
Mauril Belanger, chief government whip.

Will Martin be toking on the Hill today? The PM says Liberals would 
decriminalize pot. Unfortunately, he made the comment while standing in the 
playground of a day-care centre. Does this man not have PR people? Anyway, 
we wonder whether Martin will be heading back to Ottawa for Fill The Hill. 
Activists will converge on Parliament Hill to press for an end to anti-pot 
laws. There's still time to jump in the car and joint the festivities: they 
start at 1 p.m.
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