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CN ON: Pot Party Punk Rocker To Take On Day In BC
ccguide Friday 18 Aug 2000 Pubdate: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC) Copyright: The Vancouver Sun 2000 Contact: Address: 200 Granville Street, Ste.#1, Vancouver BC V6C 3N3 Fax: (604) 605-2323 Website: http://www.vancouversun.com/ Authors: David Gamble and Mike Howell Cited: http://www.marijuanaparty.org/ Related: http://www.mapinc.org/mjparty.htm POT PARTY PUNK ROCKER TO TAKE ON DAY IN B.C. OTTAWA -- Marc (Boris) Saint-Maurice, a Montreal rock musician and leader of the Marijuana party, said Thursday he plans to run against Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day in the Sept. 11 Okanagan-Coquihalla byelection. Saint-Maurice, leader of the Quebec Bloc Pot that attracted about 10,000 voters in the 1998 Quebec election, said his platform is marijuana legalization and pardons for all those with criminal records resulting from pot possession convictions. "That riding, as well as being previously a Reform party stronghold, is also one of Canada's prime marijuana-producing areas. They grow an awful lot of high-quality marijuana that's become world-renowned as B.C. Bud," said Saint-Maurice, 31. Saint-Maurice plans to be in Vancouver this morning and drive to the Okanagan in the afternoon, where he said he'll began campaigning. He said he hopes to garner support at the polls from the large population of marijuana supporters in the province. "[Marijuana] is really getting a legitimate status in B.C.," he said. Local members of "the marijuana movement" will help in his campaign, he said. "There might be somewhat of an upset because we plan to try and get all these pot-smoking and pot-growing, otherwise politically apathetic people, out and give them a reason to vote," said Saint-Maurice, who is on leave from his job as bass player for the Montreal punk band Grimskunk and working full time for marijuana legalization. While his party has only 150 members across Canada, Saint-Maurice said he'll have no trouble coming up with the $1,000 deposit and the 100 signatures from local voters to register as a candidate by Monday's deadline. He also said Alexandre Neron of the Marijuana party plans to run against Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark in the Sept. 11 byelection in the Nova Scotia riding of Kings-Hants. On Sept. 11, Saint-Maurice is supposed to be in court in Sault Ste Marie, Ont. on a possession charge for marijuana. At the time of his arrest, Saint-Maurice said the police seized a picture stuck to his car's dashboard that showed a manipulated photograph of Stockwell Day smoking a joint. - --- MAP posted-by: Don Beck
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