Marc Emery.
I'm not a fan of Marc Emery, though I did vote for his party once. He insulted me the other day, and you too if you're a Canadian. Somehow, his logic goes, that if he ends up extradited to the US and spends the rest of his life in jail, we're to blame because "... we all knew!" And since we condoned what he did we're complicit in his detention or some such nonsense. His arrest by Canadian Authorities caught him off-guard. Look, he's been waiting for the other shoe to drop for a while now. He wouldn't travel to countries that had extradition treaties with the US. One of his early statements, after being released on Bail, was since the Canadian Government accepted his money in taxes over several years that is defacto legalizing his seed-selling operation and if its legal here than the issue is on their side of the border. He's right. As an aside, his arrest from the American request to our authorities was perfectly legal, we do it all the time, so I didn't understand the uproar over that. Anyway, that statement, I believe, has legs. It is a grey area that needs to be made clear because the Government can't have it both ways, either it's legal or it isn't, you can't accept money 'til someone finds out then arrest people. It's no different than the Sponsorship scandal, because what if the workers at Revenue Canada knew that Emery's business was generating that money and just pocketed it? I know they didn't, they processed him like millions of others and moved on. But, it lends itself to abuse and it needs to made clear, legally clear. Its going all the way to the Supreme Court. It would sure make Revenue Canada, er, I mean Canada Revenue pay very close attention to what the taxpayers are doing, i.e. prostitution. Ask your Accountant, many people only reveal what exactly they do on their taxes because as long as you pay your taxes--!?!. And some big questions need to be answered before the extradition can be sorted out. So, stop whining Mr. Emery, your a Politician: Get on CNN!
I'm not a fan of Marc Emery, though I did vote for his party once. He insulted me the other day, and you too if you're a Canadian. Somehow, his logic goes, that if he ends up extradited to the US and spends the rest of his life in jail, we're to blame because "... we all knew!" And since we condoned what he did we're complicit in his detention or some such nonsense. His arrest by Canadian Authorities caught him off-guard. Look, he's been waiting for the other shoe to drop for a while now. He wouldn't travel to countries that had extradition treaties with the US. One of his early statements, after being released on Bail, was since the Canadian Government accepted his money in taxes over several years that is defacto legalizing his seed-selling operation and if its legal here than the issue is on their side of the border. He's right. As an aside, his arrest from the American request to our authorities was perfectly legal, we do it all the time, so I didn't understand the uproar over that. Anyway, that statement, I believe, has legs. It is a grey area that needs to be made clear because the Government can't have it both ways, either it's legal or it isn't, you can't accept money 'til someone finds out then arrest people. It's no different than the Sponsorship scandal, because what if the workers at Revenue Canada knew that Emery's business was generating that money and just pocketed it? I know they didn't, they processed him like millions of others and moved on. But, it lends itself to abuse and it needs to made clear, legally clear. Its going all the way to the Supreme Court. It would sure make Revenue Canada, er, I mean Canada Revenue pay very close attention to what the taxpayers are doing, i.e. prostitution. Ask your Accountant, many people only reveal what exactly they do on their taxes because as long as you pay your taxes--!?!. And some big questions need to be answered before the extradition can be sorted out. So, stop whining Mr. Emery, your a Politician: Get on CNN!

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