Cannabis Culture couple run for different parties in B.C. provincial election
The publisher and editor of Vancouver-based Cannabis Culture magazine are both running in the 2009 British Columbia provincial general election, but for different parties. Jody Emery, the editor is running as a Green Party candidate for the riding of Vancouver Fraserview. She's married to high-profile marijuana activist Marc Emery, leader of the Marijuana Party, who is running in Vancouver Burrard.Both ran, unsuccessfully, as Marijuana Party candidates in last October's by-elections in the same ridings.
Last week the Green party published its platform for the 2009 campaign, which includes (among 500 other measures) legalizing pot and banning the use of Tasers. The Marijuana Party's central plank is legalization.
posted by D. B. Scott at
11:18 am
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A few notes:
Marc Emery is not planning on running in the May 12th election. He is encouraging all BC Marijuana Party supporters to vote for and support the BC Green Party instead.
I (Jodie Emery) am running in Vancouver-Fraserview and a BC Green Party candidate.
The riding I was in for the byelection in 2008 (as a BC Marijuana Party candidate) was Vancouver-Fairview, not Fraserview.
The BC Greens wanted me to run in Fraserview to be up against BC's Attorney General Wally Oppal, but he has since decided to run in Delta South.
Thank you for blogging about my campaign!
Regards,
Jodie Emery
www.JodieForMLA.ca
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