Tory Senators fed alternative facts in U.S. cannabis field trip

Their concerns about Canada’s impending legalization are bolstered by claims that U.S. jurisdictions that have legalized cannabis have seen a public health disaster. But that’s just not true.

From left, Conservative Senators Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, Claude Carignan, and Denise Batters recently travelled to the U.S. to meet with legislators and officials on the upcoming legalization of cannabis in Canada. The Hill Times file photographs

Opinion

BY NEIL BOYD, SCOTT BERNSTEIN

May 23, 2018

The Liberal government’s Cannabis Act recently survived the unanimous opposition of 29 current and former Conservative Senators and is now in committee. This appears to have prompted three Conservative Senators to travel south to meet with United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Trump admini...

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