CJOB POT INTERVIEW GEOFF CURRIER OCT 17 2018 LSD25RECORDS

when you need that special night of Baileys is ready for you table and room reservations available visit Bailey's prime dining calm sunshine and six today clear and two overnight for tomorrow knickers and kickers day mainly sunny and 17 and on Friday sunny windy and 10 right now zero at six eighty CJ OB this portion of jeff courier 8 brought to by food fair with five neighborhood family-owned locations cannabis legalization day our Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale delivered some positive news for those people who have had convictions for simple possession I want to let you hear a little bit about what Ralph Goodale had to say this morning as we go about changing a legal regime that has existed for nearly a century there are many steps that must be taken in proper sequence it is not a singular event like flipping a switch it is a process part of that process will involve at least one more piece of new legislation as previously indicated we will be proposing another new law to make things fairer for Canadians who have been previously convicted of simple possession of cannabis as a general principle removing the stigma of a criminal record for people who have served their sentence and then shown themselves to be law-abiding citizens enhances Public Safety for all Canadians it's good public policy to remove roadblocks to the successful reintegration of previous offenders that principle is even stronger it becomes a matter of basic fairness when older laws from a previous era are changed now that the laws on cannabis have changed individuals who previously acquired criminal records for simple possession of cannabis should be allowed to shed the burden and the stigma of that record so today I am announcing the Government of Canada intends to present legislation which when enacted will allow these individuals to apply for a pardon as long as they have completed their sentence there will be no further waiting period and no fee this will eliminate what our disproportionate consequences and break down barriers which could mean greater access to job opportunities and education housing and even the ability to simply volunteer for a charity in your local community that's our Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale speaking just a short time ago and my next guest is one of the people who might be affected by this is Camaron ready come on welcome thanks for being with us tell me how Ralph Goodale announcement this morning will impact your life talking at one side of his mouth with one thing and out the other side with another he's telling you this is so great but you're you are criminal you did your debt to society we got you you did something really bad with protecting public safety you think well you know at the time at the time you were breaking the law that was the law so I just happened to know better at the time and have to make this really difficult decision as a good citizen as a so-called citizen who does good things doing good being a good person in a community and me better than that marijuana was not the demon they said it was right so whatever I have to be so so what should Ralph Goodale have said this morning he should have said we're here to take all these people's lives we've ruined all people who are financially ruined couldn't go out of the country and have these jobs couldn't do charities all the things you said that we're sorry that we were wrong and here's the reparation source said damages to your life like people's lives are good tell me about how your life was was negatively impacted by getting busted well I'm a musician I couldn't travel to the States anymore is that good enough right there right and then never mind the job situation right like you get a legitimate job and fill out that part ticket off criminal right all this happen to you it happened in the 90s so it was still pretty rare in the seventies but it was the 90s yeah and then and then and then and then it was about cultivation because I have small amount of plants for personal use not for not for selling bright just weed was so expensive well I could grow I got a guy that I got today those I like growing things I'm here's another hurt right time I ignored this way of demonizing I'm not a religious person I've got no reason like Colorado and where it's a free-market private enterprise government gets the heck out of out of it leave it alone let the people take care of it there's people who are experts and they love it and they're care about people and they care about the plant and they'll give you the taxes so stay out you own the taxes on the homes they grow in he only touches on the equipment they buy the supplies they buy you only taxes on the gas and everything in the high growth so how greedy do we have to be here ooh I'd be the sole supplier when you don't even know anything about it and can't even make proper legislation on it right saying do you think we've gotten this all wrong then I would say the Denver Colorado let's take that model let's just wait up to speed without the learning curve without all the penalties of loss of money and people let's go right to the top of the pile and start there like look at that Martin there are they're Americans they speak English they use the same kind of dollars they have the same kind of you know we live in the first world that's a novel we could just take a dot right now private enterprise tax it here we go let everybody roll all right come on in so it's it's sort of a good day but not a fabulous day for you did not change their nothing change did not like today except they could have pardon dr. change right will you apply for it yeah because I wanted for plants if I can go for plants and I told her let me go my bow that it doesn't look like they're gonna let you do that either but yeah well they can bust you for that too brother that one that one's still up in the area both Quebec in Manitoba but yeah but even a pardon is still not gonna get you across the border right yeah come on thanks very much appreciate you sharing that with us all right yeah tomorrow night musician who is ana points that some of the flaws in the pardon system and the legalization system when we come back it's been a year since we lost Gord downy we still miss him chromecast your favorite station with Radio Flyer Canada we're Canadian radio plays choose from more than 500 stations all in one a have a download free information is everywhere and it can be hard to tell fact from fiction you can depend on CJ Obi to keep you up-to-date on what is happening in Winnipeg global news on CJ Opie more reporters asking more questions getting you more answers aluminum urban mine takes copper pipes metal beds where's it go I don't know get some cash see the flash let it go get some dough Davis the lives of weeds that Springs another thing lawn chairs old beater furnace and your water heater batteries and alternators shows that refrigerator bed aluminum turn your scrap 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