If you are a student or youth and you know that drug prohibition is harming and marginalizing Canadians then join CSSDP and get active in your community.
NOVEMBER 14, 2011 | PHR looks at the mass incarceration agenda in Canada -- from the "ominous" crime bill, to prison construction and privatization in B.C. to the targeting of poor people who use illicit drugs.
University of Calgary CSSDP member Carlos Negraef was asked to speak on the Buzz and Blake morning radio show in response to a police raid on a large Calgary area rave party the weekend prior. Buzz and Blake were looking to hear what young people had to say about raves and police raids.
Ignatieff takes a question from CSSDP member in Ottawa
Michael Ignatieff stopped at the University of Ottawa and was questioned by a CSSDP member on why the Liberal party supported Bill C-15 despite the vast evidence mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes only makes the problems worse. A CBC commentator sums it up nicely: "In response, Ignatieff goes into detail about the "rainbow" of methods to deal with crime, including drug crime, but doesn't actually defend, explain or repudiate his party's actions vis a vis the bill in question. Wait, why aren't they getting followup questions? Because that one was just *begging* for a supplementary."
Call Michael Ignatieff and demand that they really 'get smart on crime' by not introducing mandatory minimum sentences and instead take courageous and creative steps towards truly moving towards a public health based model.
CSSDP meets Ignatieff on his campus tour
University of Calgary Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy chapter questions Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff during a stop on his recent campus tour about the Liberals stance on key drug policy issues.
