Pot bill sponsor wants to shake up Senate schedule, but Tories push for status quo

Ontario Sen. Tony Dean has proposed modelling the debate over cannabis legalization after the process used for the medical assistance in dying legislation of 2016.

Independent Senator Tony Dean is sponsoring Bill C-45 in the Upper Chamber, and wants to ‘tweak’ the way the debate rolls out on legalizing marijuana. Photograph courtesy of Tony Dean

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BY CHARELLE EVELYN

November 22, 2017

The man who's set to sponsor the Liberals' priority cannabis legalization bill in the Senate wants to shake up the normal legislative process, even proposing a field trip to a pot-production facility, but opposition Senators are pouring cold water over his ideas. The Senate should tackle the bill i...

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