Pubdate: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC) Copyright: 2009 The Vancouver Sun Contact: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/letters.html Website: http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/477 Author: Richard J. Dalton Jr., Vancouver Sun Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada) REBAGLIATI HOPES TO TAKE A RUN AT STOCKWELL DAY Canadian snowboarder and Olympic gold medallist Ross Rebagliati plans to beat a new opponent: Stockwell Day. Rebagliati will seek the Liberal nomination on Monday in the Okanagan-Coquihalla riding. If he wins the nomination, he will face the Conservative's international trade minister. No one else is seeking the Liberal nomination. "It was going to be an election without an option, basically," Rebagliati said in an interview. "I felt like there needed to be a choice for the constituents." Rebagliati, a Kelowna resident, said the Liberal party approached him about running for the seat. The snowboarding champ won the gold medal in 1998 but lost it briefly because tests showed high levels of THC from marijuana; he regained the medal on appeal because he said the THC came from second-hand pot smoke. He said he expects the issue will come up in the race. "I think the issue has been dealt with, and I feel like I've been able to prove my character over the years." He said his campaign platform will deal with jobs, health care, child care, sports, a healthy lifestyle, native issues, homelessness and the environment. - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D