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Canada: Larsen's Reference To Cannabis Enflames Moose

Powell River Peak (CN BC)

Monday 23 Apr 2001

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One candidate ran into problems with a community group after he
advertised an open house.

BC Marijuana Party candidate Dana Larsen rented Scout Hall last
Saturday. In last Wednesday's Peak, an advertisement ran about the
event, part of which said "Coffee, tea, cookies, and cannabis will be
available."

That line caused the problem, according to Larsen. "I started getting
panic phone calls from the Moose Lodge and they were wanting to know
what I meant when I said cannabis would be available," he said. "I
reassured them I wasn't planning on having any kind of a smoke-in in
their hall by any means and that when I said cannabis I just sort of was
trying to be provocative in referring to our pro-cannabis stance,
referring to hemp-seed cookies and some hemp fabrics."

Larsen was told members of the Moose Lodge had an emergency meeting and
some members threatened to resign because they didn't like Larsen's
stand on licensed brothels and other platform items. Larsen explained
that the Moose Lodge wasn't endorsing him, but was just allowing him to
use the hall. Arnold Carson, the Governor of Moose Lodge, told The Peak
he wasn't at the meeting and couldn't comment on what had taken place.

In any event, the open house was successful, said Larsen, with 70 people
attending and with volunteers handing out about 300 pieces of literature
to passing vehicles and pedestrians.

Meanwhile, the other candidates spent much of their time meeting people
and door-knocking. BC Liberal Party Candidate Harold Long has been on
the lower Sunshine Coast, said Al Drummond, Long's campaign manager for
the Powell River area.

Long attended the home show in Sechelt on the weekend and also a
fundraising event at his Wilson Creek office. He has been door-knocking
on the peninsula as well.

BC Green Party candidate Adriane Carr has spent time in Powell River
door-knocking, fundraising, meeting with constituents, and doing media
work. Carr believes there are many undecided voters in the riding.

"Basically the shift is people are absolutely not going to vote NDP;
they have a lot of concern about shifting to vote Liberal. They are
having a good look at the Green Party."

New Democratic Party candidate Gordon Wilson has spent the majority of
his time in Powell River, he said, and will head down to the lower
Sunshine Coast later this week. "My personal reception is still very
good," he said. "At the moment I'm feeling quite good about things." He
discounted recent public opinion polls which indicate the Liberal Party
has a massive lead. "People generally don't like to be told how they
are going to vote." The dynamics in the election will change, he
predicted.


 

 

 

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