Marijuana Party Parti Marijuana | |
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| Active federal party | |
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| Leader | Blair Longley |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec |
| Ideology | Cannabis rights Cannabis law reforms |
| Senate | 0 / 105
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| House of Commons | 0 / 338
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| Website | |
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The Marijuana Party (French: Parti Marijuana) is a Canadian federal political party, whose agenda focuses on issues related to cannabis in Canada. Apart from this one issue, the party has no other official policies, meaning party candidates are free to express any views on all other political issues. Passage of the Cannabis Act in June 2018 legalized cannabis on 17 October 2018. However, the party is critical of some of the laws relating to cannabis since legalization and wants to see them changed or reformed. It also seeks to represent and advocate for the rights of cannabis consumers, growers, and small cannabis based businesses.
Candidates appear on election ballots under the short form "Radical Marijuana" and their status is similar to that of independent candidates. Although governed by the Canada Elections Act, the Marijuana Party is a "decentralized" party, without by-laws, charter or constitution that govern its operations. Its Electoral District Associations are autonomous units of the party as a whole.[1]
- ^ "Electoral District Associations". Marijuana Party. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.