Pubdate: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 Source: Edmonton Journal (CN AB) Copyright: 2005 The Edmonton Journal Contact: http://www.canada.com/edmonton/edmontonjournal/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/134 Author: Christine Law Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada) OTTAWA PROFITED FROM SEED BUSINESS I am writing to express my great shock that Marc Emery, Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek and Gregory Williams could be extradited for selling marijuana seeds. To allow the U.S. to win extradition of three Canadian citizens for offences that have been ignored by their own government for 10 years shocks the conscience. It could be argued that the Canadian government should stand co-accused. It did collect more than $350,000 in taxes from Emery last year alone. Seeing how Emery has operated openly without interference from Canadian police since 1998, it suggests that the only people who were capable of stopping this crime were also benefiting from it. It also speaks to the ambiguity that Canadians have toward this issue. How can our government call upon its citizens to have pride in their national identity when we allow other nations to guide our conscience? Canada should not be sending political activists to foreign countries, especially when their actions are not considered to be an "arrestable offence" in Canada. We should all oppose this extradition and any extradition of any Canadian citizen to a foreign country when their actions are not considered a serious crime in Canada. Christine Law Edmonton - --- MAP posted-by: Beth