Advocates hopeful prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau will act on vow to make pot legal. For more than two decades, Marc-Boris St-Maurice has been fighting for the legalization of marijuana.
Now, that dream appears closer than ever to becoming a reality, with prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau making a promise to legalize and regulate pot a key tenet in his party platform.
“I think we’ve come a long way,” said St-Maurice, the founder of the Bloc Pot, a Quebec pro-marijuana party, and a card-carrying Liberal for the past ten years.
“The tipping point has been reached. We’ve now reached those so-called winning conditions.”
Exactly how and when the changes will be put into place, however, remains unclear. St-Maurice said he’s “cautiously optimistic” the incoming Liberal government will follow through on its promise.
Benjamin Shingler, Jaela Bernstien – CBC News – Oct 21, 2015.
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