It is quite obvious that Tillsonburg residents are concerned with their tobacco industry and the fact that the the liberal government has left them in the cold. There do not seem to be any easy answers to the problems facing tobacco farmers from any political stand point. The people in the tobacco belt are angry. We know that a conservative government, being far from socialist, concerns itself more with the Big Business of Canada's Corporate sell out than with the plight of the small farmer. Neither of these choices seem right here.
There is no question that the Marijuana Party's solution is to have farmers grow hemp. Hemp can be processed for many different uses including paper, clothing, toiletries such as soaps and hand lotions, furniture and shoe polish, Industrial uses such as concrete filler, insulation and pressboard just to name a few. Hemp also has a greater yield than many other crops used for these purposes.
We suggest visiting the The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs for more information.
Concerns about how marijuana addiction relates to health care issues came up. James responded by pointing out that these problems were an issue regardless of the legalization question and that it is not possible for people to receive rehabilitation, if under current laws they could face time in jail and CAS involvement for coming forward.
We need to recognize that addicts are not criminals. We need to gain some control over our controlled substances. Alcohol, considered the first gateway drug to many, is controlled in such a way that we regulate and prohibit it's sale to minors. Would you depend on a drug dealer to give your child the same consideration? Prohibition does not work. People will continue to smoke pot. Why shouldn't we regulate who uses it, & set up treatment programs with the multitudes of would be tax dollars available from money already passing through the hands of the dealers?
Questions about government integrity surfaced here at this meeting, as they have in every debate. There is a major trust issue, and why shouldn't there be when the Canada Elections Act, itself permits candidates to make promises and simple pledges in writing that they do not have to honor once they are elected. We could promise each one of you that your vote for The marijuana Party would earn you free pizza, chips and beer for life, but we don't have to give it you if we win.
VOTERS BE WARE!
Although many interesting questions were asked of the panel, nothing quite got the crowd going like the beating taken by CHP candidate John Markus when he was asked about the passage in the Bible "Leviticus 18:22," from which his party adopts their theory on gay rights.
18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Remarkably, this question was also asked by a student of Huron Park at the debate held earlier in the day, although, not with quite the same fever.
Taken from the same book is the following passage
The passage in Leviticus
What the Bible says about Menstruation
- Leviticus 15:19-30
- And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood,
she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be
unclean until the even. And every thing that she lieth upon in her
separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon
shall be unclean. And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his
clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.
And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he
toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. And if any man lie
with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean
seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. And if
a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her
separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the
days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her
separation: she shall be unclean. Every bed whereon she lieth all the
days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and
whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of
her separation. And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean,
and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean
until the even. But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall
number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. And
on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young
pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle
of the congregation. And the priest shall offer the one for a sin
offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall
make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her
uncleanness.
- Leviticus 20:18
- And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall
uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath
uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off
from among their people.
When asked, by a very aggravated audience member if he agreed with these ideas, he responded by saying that, that was the old testament. Wow! If that isn't an exercise in contradiction.
This guy also mentioned previously that although his party would define life from conception to natural death, he would also support the death penalty.