Friday, June 02, 2017 4:38:46 AM
"...the government wants to line the pockets of their Liberal cronies at the expense of the health and safety of Canadians.
"That is right. The only kind of capitalism the government approves of is crony capitalism. For the rest of us, it is bread and circuses.
"We have tightened the rules for political fundraising, but that is not enough. There will be an industry that will sprout billionaires as a result of government largesse. That is how the Liberals will become rich. Unfortunately, that is what lies behind this bill.
"It has already happened. People like Chuck Rifici, the former treasurer of the Liberal Party, co-founded Canopy Growth, a company that is now worth billions of dollars. Until last summer, he was the Liberal Party's chief financial officer. In fact, Mr. Rifici still worked for the Liberal Party when he co-founded Tweed, the company that has become the largest producer of medical marijuana in the country.
"The same Mr. Rifici, a well-known Liberal, was also a member of the board of directors of Aurora Cannabis until May 8, and he is now the CEO of Cannabis Wheaton, which helps cannabis producers become publicly traded companies.
"Is the connection clear? The words “cannabis”, “Liberal”, and “legalization” add up to “a lot of money”.
REBUTTAL
Bill Blair, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, reacting to claims by Conservative Steven Blaney Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis, QC on May 30th in the C-45 Bill debate:
...."the member for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis made reference to a number of organizations who are licensed producers in this country, and he made a suggestion. It was more than a suggestion. He actually made a bold declaration that somehow there has been some kind of political preference given to these particular licensees, and he named four of them: Tweed, Canopy, Aurora, and Hydropothecary.
"I just wanted to ask the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, who knows something about the licence applications, if he thinks it would surprise the member to learn that all four of the organizations mentioned by the previous member in his speech received their licences from the Conservative government, and not from us."
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