Pubdate: Sat, 28 Jun 2003
Source: Vancouver Sun (CN BC)
Copyright: 2003 The Vancouver Sun
Contact:  http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/477
Authors: Jim Hanson, and Ruth Hanson

COLEMAN DOESN'T KNOW COSTS FROM SAVINGS

Solicitor-General Rich Coleman says the federal government has used money 
that could have been dedicated to crime fighting on decriminalizing 
marijuana ("Organized crime ignored by Ottawa," June 26). How hilarious.

The marijuana law reform will save the federal government hundreds of 
millions of dollars spent on enforcement of pot laws, and earn fine 
revenues not collected under the current law, money that will be available 
to fight organized crime. In other words, financial savings are being 
described by Coleman as financial costs!

Maybe this kind of accounting lies at the heart of the provincial 
government's disastrous fiscal problems.  Maybe they just don't know the 
difference between costs and revenues.

Jim and Ruth Hanson

Burnaby
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