Jodie Emery heading to Ottawa to fight for husband’s return

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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – A well-known marijuana advocate is on her way to Ottawa to try and persuade the Canadian government to bring her husband home from an American prison.

Jodie Emery has made some political friends who are going to help her out. She’s leaving for Ottawa today, and tomorrow she’ll be flanked by three politicians when she’ll ask to bring Marc Emery back to Canada. “I’ve got the backing of opposition parties in the form of Libby Davies with the NDP, Elizabeth May with the Greens, and the former Public Safety Minister Wayne Easter with the Liberals.”

Marc Emery has been in a US prison for three years for selling marijuana seeds online and Jodie Emery is fighting to let him serve what’s left of his 5-year sentence in this country.

The Harper government hasn’t budged from its tough stance on pot, but Emery insists this isn’t about weed. “This isn’t about legalization, or drug policy, or Marc Emery being a marijuana activist. It’s simply that, as a Canadian, he’s allowed to come home.

Emery’s supporters will also be calling the public safety minister’s office all day tomorrow.

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