The main problem is this: the US doesn't want it, and what the US doesn't want, we don't do, period. This is the main problem that Chrétien ran into when he introduced this legislation in the first place. The second problem is that the Martin government is trying to back off from the former liberal government, they are there and campaigning on a platform of "change" same as the Ontario liberals campaigned in the last provincial election, they want to "mix things up" and "reform the way a government works". Due to this platform the federal Martin government is letting die the "legacy" laws that Chrétien tried to bring in, pot was one of them. This renewed interest is leaving me very hopeful, maybe this time we will stand up to the American government, maybe this time the extra tax revenue will be enough of an incentive, at the very least maybe the debate will bring more awareness to the Canadian public.
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