Brett Ryan Book, Grand River Sachem
I’m writing to voice my displeasure with Stephen Harper’s Conservative government.
The recent extradition of activist Marc Emery to the United States of America is a complete travesty to our sovereignty and a chilling warning of the future to come.
What kind of government sends a peaceful man to a foreign prison for a crime that we here neglect to punish him with?
The crime in question is selling marijuana seeds online, a thriving business that Marc Emery used to help support legalization efforts worldwide, and a business that Mr. Emery had legally claimed with Revenue Canada.
Despite what recent media reports would have you believe, Marc Emery did NOT keep his millions of dollars.
The profits from Marc Emery Direct Seeds were used to fund political organizations, rallies and marches, medicinal clinics, and even aid in legal costs.
Knowing this, it is clear to see the investigation and subsequent arrest of Mr. Emery were of an extremely political nature-evidence of this found in former DEA Administrator Karen Tandy’s press release which heralded the arrest at curbing financial support for legalization.
The fact that this entire case is political is very troubling, as it doesn’t take an overly intelligent individual to realize that Marc Emery is a political prisoner.
How could the Harper Conservatives allow such a questionable extradition to take place and why do they refuse to answer questions about the extradition?
Perhaps your frequent Conservative Party contributor ( Honorable MP Dean Allison ) could shed a little light as to why his Party felt it necessary to aid and abet in the political persecution of a Canadian citizen.
Brett Ryan Book,
Mount Hope