Statistics from Washington State on fatally injured drivers testing positive for cannabis (THC) are misleading. (re: "Keep roads free from 'pot' holes," Nov. 15 Herald editorial). According to the cited report from Washington State,"results of this study do not indicate that drivers with detectable THC in their blood at the time of the crash were necessarily impaired by THC or that they were at-fault for the crash. It was not clear whether this increasing trend was attributable to Initiative 502 or to other factors that were beyond the scope of the study." [continues 100 words]
With Canada preparing to venture down the road to legalized marijuana for recreational use, a majority of Canadians are concerned about the potential effect on the safety of the nation's roads. That's the suggestion from a new poll from the Canadian Automobile Association, which found that 63 per cent of Canadians are worried there will be a decrease in traffic safety after the drug is legalized. The Trudeau government has promised to table legislation by next spring to legalize recreational use of marijuana. A Canadian Press story in September reported that cannabis producers in Canada are ramping up operations in anticipation of that legislation. [continues 534 words]
Let's consider the "recreation" achieved from smoking pot and having it available like tobacco and liquor to the adults and teens of any ages. Laws have certainly not prevented a significant number of teens from getting to both of these hallucinatory, disabling and addictive substances. Obviously it is the gateway to heavier deadly illegal drugs. They use it because they want a "high" and then get addicted. Legalization will not choke off organized crime. They function well enough now with our weak laws and enforcement. The drug dealers are jumping in their shoes for this legalization proposal. Their business will increase greatly and they will carry on the same as now. Most of that proposed billion dollars in tax revenue will be go to rehabilitation for the many more addicted marijuana and heavy drug users and increased enforcement costs of impaired and addiction crimes that will result. [continues 245 words]
PCs say they would prefer to see money go to addictions treatment As Alberta takes a hard look at safe drug consumption sites for addicts, the plan is drawing support from health and law enforcement officials but wariness from the government's political opponents. The NDP government announced in October new measures to deal with Alberta's opioid crisis, including $730,000 in funding for agencies in several communities, including Calgary and Edmonton, working to establish supervised consumption sites. Associate Health Minister Brandy Payne said it's crucial to put dollars toward harm reduction measures such as the sites, which provide a medically supervised place for addicts to inject or consume drugs. [continues 687 words]
Health-care facilities should let her medicate as needed: User When Vicky Penny has an anxiety attack she knows what will settle her down: her prescribed medical marijuana. Last week, while Penny was waiting for an appointment at Foothills Hospital to speak with someone about some of her ongoing mental health issues, she was overwhelmed with anxiety, so she stepped outside to medicate. "It was about five minutes to my appointment and I was feeling anxious, it was a big day," said Penny. "Security was dealing with another matter in the smoking area so I decided to just go around the corner." [continues 344 words]
The sale and use of marijuana will become legal pretty soon. Has anyone thought about the ramifications on lungs from long-term marijuana use? The American Thoracic Society says that marijuana smoking can make lung problems, such as asthma and cystic fibrosis, worse and there may be an increased risk of lung cancer. In smokers younger than 45, marijuana use can create large air sacs called bullae in the lungs. All medication has side effects, but users need to be sure that the "salve" is not worse than the disease. Sudha Tuli, Edmonton [end]
Hello again. In regards to Kathleen Ganley's trip to Colarodo and her opinion that marijuana needs to be heavily regulated. Of course she feels that way, the more tightly we regulate, the bigger government has to be to manage the regulations. That's the way the Left operates. Always has been. It's my humble opinion that decriminalized marijuana would be more cost effective for taxpayers. The only policing needed would be to ensure dealers report their earnings. Not saying that's easy, just requires a lot less government. Consider for a moment, a brand new tax windfall, with no regulatory requirements and therefore no need to balloon the government watchdogs. Pot smokers - medical and casual - are about to be hosed in my opinion, all in the name of regulation. PS: Pot isn't a dangerous drug. It's a medicine, for a thousand plus years. Zero deaths have ever been attributed to marijuana use alone. Heather Marie Inouye (Sorry, marijuana legalization must be regulated.) [end]
Calgary's city council is going to bat for those with green thumbs, instead of being caught up in the weeds of hobbyist marijuana growers. This is a nod to the federal government as it embarks on regulatory framework for legalizing recreational marijuana. On Thursday, the city committee discussed an "advocacy position" on regulating and legalizing marijuana. This document will give the federal government an idea of what the municipality would like to see when the drug is legalized in the spring of 2017. [continues 187 words]
City councillors are asking if new marijuana dispensaries should be kept away from schools and restricted like liquor stores. Worried about a proliferation of dispensaries and grow-ops when Ottawa legalizes recreational marijuana, Coun. Mike Nickel introduced a lengthy zoning inquiry at council's planning committee Wednesday. "We can't bury our heads in the sand anymore on this . ... We need to be proactive," Nickel said, pointing to the way marijuana dispensaries spread in Vancouver, rivalling the number of Starbucks. Vancouver has since restricted how close each pot shop can be to the others, similar to how Edmonton limits liquor stores to being 500 metres from a competitor. Liquor stores here must also be 100 metres from a school. [continues 355 words]
City councillors are asking if new marijuana dispensaries should be kept away from schools and restricted like liquor stores. Worried about a proliferation of dispensaries and grow-ops when Ottawa legalizes recreational marijuana, Coun. Mike Nickel introduced a lengthy zoning inquiry at council's planning committee Wednesday. "We can't bury our heads in the sand any more on this . ... We need to be proactive," Nickel said, pointing to the way marijuana dispensaries spread in Vancouver, rivalling the number of Starbucks. [continues 397 words]
Re. "What's the big hurry to legalize marijuana," Letters, Oct. 29 It sounds like this letter writer is harvesting facts from the "Reefer Madness" crowd. The winds of change have been steadily blowing, clearing the air and the smoke and mirrors regarding marijuana prohibition are being realized for what they are - lies. I would much rather the occasional whiff of pot while walking down the street than be choked out by more hot air on the issue. Steven Zerebeski, Edmonton [end]
I would appreciate if letter writer Mr. White would verify his facts before disputing those in my recent letter. Maybe marijuana is not considered a narcotic in his state of Colorado, but in Canada it remains under the Narcotic Control regulations, laws I enforced for many years. If he took time to check recently released Washington State information he would have discovered road deaths 'have doubled' since it legalized marijuana. His own state of Colorado, that he claims has embraced legalized pot, in fact warned the Trudeau government to go slowly in its plans to legalize marijuana, especially because of the problems it has had keeping it out of the hands of its youth. Like so many advocates of pot legalization, Mr. White is trying to paint a very positive picture. Larry Comeau (Like with alcohol, there are downsides, but legalization is on it's way.) [end]
The Alberta government says it will begin providing funding to several community agencies working to establish safe drug consumption sites. The money will be used to "explore the need" for the controversial facilities, which have been touted as an effective harm-reduction strategy for people who use illegal narcotics. Alberta health leaders have grown particularly concerned by a rise in the use of powerful opioid drugs, such as fentanyl, which has led to hundreds of deaths in the province. "It's critical that we are addressing the fentanyl and opioid crisis from a health perspective and harm reduction is a major part of that," associate health minister Brandy Payne said Thursday in Edmonton. [continues 397 words]
The provincial government's announcement Thursday of funding to establish safe, supervised sites for opioid use is absolutely commendable, but unfortunately also like closing the barn door after the horse has bolted when it comes to the ever-growing crisis of fentanyl and opioid addiction and deaths in Alberta. From January 2015 to the end of June this year there were 427 deaths in Alberta associated with the highly-addictive and deadly opioid, fentanyl. Of those, 21 were in the South Zone. The increase has been dramatic, even spiralling. [continues 483 words]
I'm sure Larry Comeau means well (Letter: Hazy Policy, Oct. 26, 2016), however, cannabis (marijuana) is not a "drug" or "narcotic." If Comeau were to hold cannabis in his hand, he'd see it's a green plant. There's no evidence cannabis is responsible for increased traffic deaths in Washington state. Implying lies, half-truths and propaganda regarding cannabis doesn't make them true. It is commendable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is ending cannabis prohibition in Canada. Colorado successfully re-legalized cannabis for adults and every subsequent poll indicates Colorado citizens continue supporting the end of cannabis prohibition. There is every reason to believe when Canada ends cannabis prohibition, the majority will not look back with regret either. Stan White Dillon, Colorado (The tide is shifting that way.) [end]
Regardless of what you call it, Alberta is getting into the business of harm reduction by giving drug users a safe place to take their drugs. Late last week the province announced it would provide funding for agencies working to establish supervised consumption sites, but for our neighbours to the west, these sites are known as supervised injection sites. According to Alberta Liberal Leader Dr. David Swann, the name change might be a result of previous governments conservative feelings about crime reduction, where people turned off by the idea of supervised injection sites can take a bit more comfort if they're called supervised consumption sites. [continues 160 words]
Legal weed is coming, and the city wants to keep its voice in the federal government's ear rather than see its chance to be part of the conversation go up in smoke. As Ottawa inches toward a spring 2017 timeline to unveil legislation on the legalization of marijuana, city administration will offer a proposed advocacy position to the intergovernmental affairs committee at their meeting Thursday. "Administration is seeking to further refine an advocacy position on a number of key themes relating to legalization, regulation and restriction of access to marijuana," the report reads. [continues 380 words]
Legal weed is coming, and the city wants to keep its voice in the federal government's ear rather than see its chance to be part of the conversation go up in smoke. As the feds inch closer toward a spring 2017 timeline to unveil legislation on the legalization of marijuana, city administration will offer up a proposed advocacy position to the intergovernmental affairs committee at their meeting Thursday. "Administration is seeking to further refine an advocacy position on a number of key themes relating to legalization, regulation and restriction of access to marijuana," the report reads, in part. [continues 383 words]
Re. "How many really want legal pot?," Brian Hutchinson, Oct. 27 What's with the big rush to legalize cannabis? Doesn't the health-care system already spend billions to cover the costs of smoking-related illnesses that could've been avoided if people didn't smoke in the first place? Marijuana, medical or otherwise, has just as many tars, toxins and carcinogens as tobacco, if not more. Don't we spend tens of millions to warn people smoking is bad for them? Oh well, tax revenues are healthy. [continues 116 words]
Re: Impaired driving laws a speed bump to legalize pot. I just read where road deaths have doubled in Washington State since it legalized pot a few years ago. That being said, in promising to legalize this narcotic for votes, Prime Minister Trudeau simply ignored that no road test existed to test for intoxication by inhaling this drug. Another major problem was recently highlighted by the Canadian Medical Association, which declared nobody under 21 should be able to buy this narcotic because of the real risk of them suffering psychosis and other mental issues if consumed at a young age. I sure wish the Trudeau government would be half the effort it is putting into legalized marijuana into growing our economy and creating jobs! Larry Comeau (Can Trudeau walk and chew gum at the same time?) [end]
The Canadian government' s push to legalize marijuana must be handled very carefully and should be heavily regulated to avoid potential pitfalls, Alberta's justice minister cautioned following a recent fact-finding mission to pot-friendly Colorado. "(Colorado's) experience didn't solve all of the problems that maybe some proponents suggested that it might do," Kathleen Ganley said in an interview Monday. "But it also didn't result in a whole bunch of new criminal activity that some detractors might suggest. "The important thing is around regulating it to ensure that everyone remains safe." [continues 459 words]
Among most pressing is devising marijuana version of breathalyzer Without a reliable roadside test to conclusively prove a driver is impaired by marijuana, avoiding wrongful convictions when weed is legalized in Alberta could be a problem. That was one of the take-aways for Alberta Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley after her trip to Denver, Colo., last week where she met with officials to pick their brains about what systems need to be in place in this province if and when marijuana is legalized. [continues 439 words]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a mandate to legalize pot. He ran on it in last year's election. But as Postmedia's just completed, six-part series "O Cannabis" illustrates, it's one thing to promise legalization, another to deliver it. The biggest challenge facing the Liberals is how to regulate and tax the sale of marijuana -- an estimated $7 billion-a-year underground business in Canada, that could increase to $10 billion to $20 billion with legalization. The problem is that if the government makes legal pot too expensive, then the black market in it will continue to thrive. [continues 281 words]
Re: "Leaders huddle in search of drug scourge solutions," Oct. 18. Kathleen Ganley's repeated response to the fentanyl crisis is very disappointing. The Alberta government says it does not want to declare a public emergency because this would give the government unnecessary powers. This position is facile. To solve this crisis, the government does not have to break into people's homes unannounced and without a warrant, even if they have the power to do so. The government needs to think outside of the box. They might then accept that the war on drugs has been lost. They might research alternative progressive approaches adopted by other countries. [continues 56 words]
It's high time for many parents to start thinking about how they're going to talk to their kids about marijuana. The Trudeau government has said it will make the drug legal next spring, fulfilling a campaign promise that, in part, helped them to a majority government. While the Liberals have wavered on some of the things they said they'd deliver if they took power, they appear to remain committed to ending pot prohibition. When that happens, the bud will go from verboten to mainstream, and expected to be regulated, sold and taxed like alcohol. [continues 560 words]
Krieger helped lead the way to legalization of medical marijuana To lose his legacy in a haze of legalized pot would be an injustice. Not that Grant Krieger isn't feeling lost enough these days, some seven years after he abandoned his crusade to use and supply medicinal marijuana, as a real and effective treatment for conditions like the multiple sclerosis he's battled for decades. "I could be better, and I could be worse, but I'm just so frustrated at the way things ended," says Krieger, from his home in Calgary. "I'm just a hermit now." Obviously he has the right to feel he didn't go far enough - but for those on the outside, including journalists who watched Krieger deliberately disobey the law in order to force Canada to reassess it's stance on marijuana, it's what the man started that should make him proud. [continues 581 words]
With regard to the legalizing of pot in our country. Will the Canadian government create a sub province where there is no smoking, no drinking and no drugging, and therefore no BS that goes with all that. I know we need money, but why don't we cut to the chase and have, ideally, no smoking, no drinking, no drugging, no Internet until after 40, no texting and no money. Sounds like peace. When I run for prime minister, that's the way it's got to be. I know, I know I won't get any votes. Oh well. More and more we humans as a species cannot handle the technological wonders the good Lord blesses us with. Oh ya, and bring back the Bible! David Gillard (Gotta ban dancing, too.) [end]
Provincial officials head to Colorado to study weed industry Alberta's Justice Minister and Solicitor General is Colorado-bound to see how the state has handled legal weed. Kathleen Ganley said with marijuana's legalization in Canada imminent, it's prudent to look at best practices and lessons learned from a place that's pioneered the way. "The federal government will set the tone, if you will, or set the broad strokes for how restrictive the model is going to be and a whole number of other things, but then provinces will have to step in because some of it will be in provincial jurisdiction ... and of course our policing partners, as well, will have a large role to play, and municipalities probably as well ," Ganley said. "We're looking to all move together. [continues 274 words]
It's not enough for police to crack down on drug dealers to combat Alberta's fentanyl scourge, it will take the efforts of health and other sectors to combat the crisis, says the provincial justice minister. "Opioid addiction is not new in Alberta, but fentanyl is particularly deadly so, in a way, it's sort of brought the problem to the forefront, which means that we need to work expeditiously to address that," Kathleen Ganley said Monday. "It's certainly the case that this needs to be addressed on the enforcement side, but it also needs to be addressed on other fronts, so specifically health - ensuring that people have access to counselling, treatment beds, opioid replacement therapies." [continues 445 words]
Fentanyl crisis overtaking marijuana in Alberta You won't find many, if any, people working in law enforcement ready to admit that marijuana trafficking isn't still on their radar. In fact, they will go to great lengths to tell you otherwise. But when you are dealing with the emergence of the province's deadliest killer drug fentanyl - a synthetic opioid 100 times more toxic than morphine - limited policing resources have to be focused on saving lives. More than 400 Albertans have died from fentanyl overdoses since 2015 and there is an even more deadly version waiting in the wings. When you factor in the possible legalization of marijuana by the Trudeau government, the argument could be made that policing the production, possession and trafficking of marijuana has dropped down the priority list. [continues 726 words]
You won't find many, if any, people working in law enforcement ready to admit that marijuana trafficking isn't still on their radar. In fact, they will go to great lengths to tell you otherwise. But when you are dealing with the emergence of the province's deadliest killer drug fentanyl - a synthetic opioid 100 times more toxic than morphine - limited policing resources have to be focused on saving lives. More than 400 Albertans have died from fentanyl overdoses since 2015 and there is an even more deadly version waiting in the wings. When you factor in the possible legalization of marijuana by the Trudeau government, the argument could be made that policing the production, possession and trafficking of marijuana has dropped down the priority list. [continues 721 words]
Panic, Clayton Prince says - flat out panic is what caused him to flee from Calgary police officers one night last July. The 34-year-old Calgary man doesn't deny he ran, and he doesn't deny he had marijuana on him, but several months later he still doesn't understand how that led to his being laid up in a hospital with broken ribs, a collapsed lung and infected wounds. Now three officers are accused of assaulting him and two of the three are also accused of lying to see him charged with crimes he didn't commit. [continues 379 words]
Three police officers charged with assault, two accused of lying Clayton Prince doesn't deny he ran and he doesn't deny he had marijuana on him. Photos provided by Clayton Prince show injuries the 34-year-old Calgary man says he suffered at the hands of police. But several months after he fled Calgary police officers one night last July, the 34-year-old still doesn't understand how that led to his being laid up in a hospital with broken ribs, a collapsed lung and infected wounds. [continues 482 words]
Resort town top for per-capita cases of marijuana possession in Canada It's Canada's other Rocky Mountain high. The resort hamlet of Lake Louise has consistently led the country in per-capita cannabis possession incidents, as reported by RCMP. Since at least 2008, the mountain village of a mere 800 souls has been in the statistical clouds, with 7,938 possession incidents per 100,000 people in 2014, and 3,675 last year. That compares with 58 and 46 respectively in the waning war on pot in Calgary. [continues 430 words]
The federal government may be moving toward legalizing marijuana within the next couple of years, but supporters of the move fear the stigma associated with cannabis use will not fade so quickly. "I think because the stereotype of the stoner has been allowed to stay around, that's what people expect," said Chrystal Vondran, whose husband uses medical marijuana. "Things will change over time, but I think it will take around five or 10 years." Vondran was one of hundreds of Calgarians who attended the city's first HempFest Cannabis Expo at the Big Four Building on Saturday. There were stands laden with pipes and bongs, psychedelic clothing, organic soils and quick-grow LED lights. [continues 414 words]
Picturesque mountain resort town sits on major cross-country pot pipeline It's Canada's other Rocky Mountain high. The resort hamlet of Lake Louise has consistently ascended to the peak of per-capita cannabis possession incidents in the country as reported by RCMP. Since at least 2008, the mountain village of a mere 800 souls has been in the statistical clouds, with 7,938 possession incidents per 100,000 people in 2014 and 3,675 last year. That compares to 58 and 46 respectively in the waning war on pot in nearby Calgary. [continues 501 words]
Re. "Downtown Residents fed up with parade of addicts, drunks," David Staples, Oct. 12 I was dismayed with the language used in David Staples' column, the message of the column and especially the headline. We lost our youngest son to a fentanyl overdose in 2014 and I can tell you, in spite of the fact that he struggled with addiction, he was first and foremost a loving son and a wonderful person. People who use, or misuse, substances deserve compassionate treatment for the medical condition we call addiction. Furthermore, those in the inner city deserve housing and services in the neighbourhood they call home. [continues 82 words]
Alberta Health Services data shows more than 400 opioid deaths have been prevented across the province since the introduction of take-home naloxone kits. "It's important to note that that's certainly an underestimate," said Dr. Nick Etches, AHS medical officer for the Calgary Zone. "Because very often, if not the majority of the time, when someone uses one of these kits, they will not report it to us that they've used it." "So really that's a dramatic underestimate in all likelihood in terms of the number of kits that have been used to save lives." [continues 414 words]
Wants feds to share tax revenues from sale of legalized marijuana Hand over a share of the tax revenue and give up the addresses of medical marijuana grow ops. Those are among the requests City of Calgary officials have for Ottawa along with a zero-tolerance policy for drivers under the influence of cannabis as the feds hammer out legislation for legalized pot. In an Aug. 24 submission to the federal government's Task Force Marijuana Legalization and Regulation, City Manager Jeff Fielding calls for ongoing discussions "throughout the legalization process to ensure clear delineation of roles and expectations" between the three orders of government. [continues 339 words]
City also wants to see zero-tolerance approach to drivers under influence Calgary officials are urging Ottawa to consider implementing a zero tolerance policy for drivers under the influence of marijuana, sharing tax revenue from sales of the drug, and surrendering addresses of existing medicinal cannabis grow ops.. In an Aug. 24 submission to the federal government's Task Force Marijuana Legalization and Regulation, city manager Jeff Fielding calls for ongoing discussions "throughout the legalization process to ensure clear delineation of roles and expectations" between the three orders of government. [continues 393 words]
Western Canada's first medical marijuana support service focused on helping veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain opened in Edmonton on Saturday. Reporter Juris Graney visited Marijuana for Trauma to find out what it was all about. Who are they? "When I started this, I was suicidal," says Marijuana for Trauma CEO and company founder Fabian Henry. Deployed six times The 12-year Canadian Forces veteran was deployed six times, including two to Afghanistan. His PTSD symptoms developed from events on his last tour and when Henry returned to Canada, his life fell apart. [continues 426 words]
Government performs a balancing act by sanctioning the sale of a drug Smoking marijuana can impair one's thought processes, but all the federal government needs to do is talk about it to achieve a state of surreal confusion. Consider the situation today. Marijuana will be legalized next year. Cool. In the meantime, illegal pot stores are proliferating across the country under the guise of offering medical marijuana. Since they are illegal, and theoretically don't exist, they are unaffected by zoning regulations and business licence requirements. [continues 604 words]
Following in the steps of Vancouver, Calgary police will soon equip officers with a powerful drug used to counter opioid overdoses. In his monthly update to the Calgary Police Commission, Chief Roger Chaffin told the citizen oversight body that the deadly drug fentanyl continues to plague the city, and he's hopeful the naloxone nasal spray units will help save lives. "It's good news for the officers, it's something that is our new reality, and it's a good opportunity to make sure officers are comfortable that if they are in a situation, we can recover (drug users)," Chaffin said. [continues 192 words]
Shift in drug habits, supply chain blamed The Calgary Police Service has seen a 292 per cent increase in methamphetamine seizures in the second quarter of 2016, compared to the same time last year, according to a report presented to the Calgary Police Commission on Tuesday. Staff Sgt. Martin Schiavetta said the increase is measured in both small busts, such as a person carrying a baggy of the drug, all the way up to large busts. In conjunction with the ever-increasing fentanyl issue in the province, they're seeing some scary outcomes. [continues 116 words]
Re: "Waits add to fentanyl crisis," Sept. 21. No matter how large or small the organization is, they are dealers in death. They should be charged with manslaughter or murder and pay the penalty, not just 25 years. Ray Parkinson, Calgary [end]
According to A Drug Free World, an organization that employs education in our schools to attempt to stop drug experimentation amongst our youth, it is estimated that 25% of children are involved with drug use. As we all know, in the last year, over 400 young people have died as a result of drug use. Our emergency departments are increasingly attending young people with side effects due to drugs, including marijuana. When the government legalizes this powerful psychoactive drug, it is going to get worse. Why they are legalizing this agent is a mystery. We must start teaching our young in our schools about the true facts about drugs, both legal and illegal. (Back in the day, drug awareness lessons in school were terrifying.) [end]
A two-day expo aimed at clearing the air about marijuana use in Canada is expected to draw big crowds in Calgary. Following similar events in Toronto and Vancouver this year, the HempFest Expo will land in Calgary for the first time Oct. 15 and 16. The events have been primarily run in an attempt to debunk some myths and remove the taboo from a topic that has been making headlines for years in Canada, with decriminalization now in the sights of the federal Liberal government. [continues 149 words]
People get twitchy when you start talking about safe injection sites. A clean, safe spot where needle drug users can use needle drugs. Vancouver's still the only spot in the country but that could be changing if the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta gets their way. They voted unanimously to support a safe injection site right here in the city and people are twitching like its Footloose in 1984. "No dancing. Dancing leads to touching. Touching leads to fornicating. No safe injection sites. Because soon we'll have a town full of dancing, touching, fornicating needle drug users!" [continues 376 words]
Sometimes we hear or read things in the news that are simply questionable. Then we read further and realize that, yes, someone actually did this or said that, or accomplished this or that. And our understanding of the world grows, and our credulity is assigned new standards. There have been many of these kinds of stories in the news lately. I'm not referring to the apparently endless crassness, ignorance, maliciousness, and world endangering policies of Donald Trump here. Nor am I referring to the strange questionnaire issued by federal Conservative leadership hopeful, Kellie Leitch, about whether immigrants should be vetted for "anti-Canadian values." (What would these values be? Who decides?) [continues 709 words]
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