Politicians back fight for Marc Emery to return to Canada
Posted October 28, 2013 8:49 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – It seems the Princess of Pot has some friends in high places.
Jodie Emery is in Ottawa this week to try to persuade the federal government to bring her husband Marc back to Canada from an American prison.
She has convinced NDP MP Libby Davies, Green Party MP Elizabeth May, and Liberal MP Wayne Easter to be with her tomorrow when she makes her plea.
“This isn’t about legalization or drug policy or Marc Emery being a marijuana activist,” Jodie Emery tells News1130.
“It’s simply that as a Canadian, he is entitled to come home. The United States has said he should come home. I hope that the Harper government will agree that transferring Marc to a Canadian prison won’t put anyone at risk and won’t endorse the legalization of marijuana.”
Marc Emery has been incarcerated since 2010 in the United States for selling marijuana seeds online. Jodie Emery wants him to serve what’s left of his sentence in Canada so that it’s easier to visit him.
She is also encouraging her supporters to call the office of the Public Safety Minister during her news conference tomorrow morning.
