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ninty · 04-25-2005, 12:29 PM

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I would think you would need more than that to get votes.
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You'd think so...

[quote:6ba65]The Marijuana Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party whose platform is to end prohibition of cannabis. The party was founded by Marc-Boris St-Maurice, an activist and member of the punk group Grim Skunk.

After a 1991 arrest for possession of marijuana, he vowed to legalize cannabis. He started by creating the Bloc pot, a Quebec political party and eventually, as the current law prohibiting the possession of cannabis is a federal law, founded this federal party.

In the 2000 federal elections, the party nominated candidates in 76 ridings in 7 provinces and won 66,000 votes (0.52% of national total). It nominated 71 candidates for the 2004 general election and won 33,590 votes (0.3%). The decline may be at least partly due to the fact that the Liberal Party of Canada and the New Democratic Party (NDP) have been moving towards decriminalization of the drug.[/quote:6ba65]

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ninty is Offline Major General Posts: 12,683 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary	04-25-2005, 12:29 PM [quote="Sgt>Stackem":6ba65] I would think you would need more than that to get votes. [/quote:6ba65] You'd think so... [quote:6ba65]The Marijuana Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party whose platform is to end prohibition of cannabis. The party was founded by Marc-Boris St-Maurice, an activist and member of the punk group Grim Skunk. After a 1991 arrest for possession of marijuana, he vowed to legalize cannabis. He started by creating the Bloc pot, a Quebec political party and eventually, as the current law prohibiting the possession of cannabis is a federal law, founded this federal party. In the 2000 federal elections, the party nominated candidates in 76 ridings in 7 provinces and won 66,000 votes (0.52% of national total). It nominated 71 candidates for the 2004 general election and won 33,590 votes (0.3%). The decline may be at least partly due to the fact that the Liberal Party of Canada and the New Democratic Party (NDP) have been moving towards decriminalization of the drug.[/quote:6ba65]