Pot plans could harm children, bystanders
How they will protect children, tenants in buildings with shared ventilation?
Pot makes me sick! The smell of it gives me a migraine and incapacitates me. The illegal users on my floor not only smoke out other tenants but also poison the lungs of the eight young children under 13 on my floor alone. My building is part of a two-building complex with a lot of children.
There are so many negative issues with Bill C45. Marijuana is not harmless and the particulate matter is dangerous. Bill C45 issues include the following; health dangers, edibles at schools, illegal dispensaries and crime, policing, etc.
No level of government has determined how they will protect children and tenants in buildings with shared ventilation systems and no one has indicated how to protect citizens in public spaces. Childhood exposure to any second-hand smoke can be a precursor to asthma and allergies. Tobacco smoke bothers me as well. Hamilton’s tobacco office has real concerns about possible legalization as well. The City of Hamilton does not allow cigarette smoking on recreation property or in parks but they allow it at City Hall on 4/20 (Weed Day) days. Why?
If someone needs medical marijuana there are ways to partake without poisoning your neighbours. Health Canada mails medical pot to patients so illegal pot shops are just that — illegal!
The Prime Minister says he wants to legalize pot to shut down the black market but he has not shared valid statistics. What is frustrating is that numerous Liberal MP’s have shares in pot companies. Is Bill C45 about taking crime money away or making more for the PM’s rich friends? The Federal Liberal party secretary ‘ … Rifici had come under fire a year ago while serving both as chief financial officer of the party and CEO of Tweed…’. A spokesperson for former public safety minister Steven Blaney told Postmedia that legalization “would benefit Mr. Trudeau’s close millionaire friends that are marketing marijuana to Canadians ...”
Political pundits wonder why more people do not vote. Here are several reasons why; when the elected officials ignore your calls you get discouraged! I tried for over a year to contact MP Filomena Tassi. In my quest to have my voice heard as part of the democratic process I have contacted the PM, MP Bill Blair, Bob Bratina and others on the Bill C45 committee but was ignored.
MP Tassi said there was no way I could present to committee in Ottawa as that was only for agencies and not individuals. There are four staff contacts for the Ontario government advisers and only one replied to my email which is discouraging. I tried to attend one of the prime minister’s town halls but even with a ticket I was not guaranteed a seat. While watching CPAC coverage of the prime minister’s events I saw that the prime minister often bullied or mocked everyone who disagreed with him.
Exactly how will Bill C45 protect children when pot can be purchased at a dispensary to be consumed/ smoked at home? The Province of Ontario may allow 18-year-olds to purchase even though many medical experts state that pot should be restricted to age 25. Schoolchildren are not safe from pretty edibles. Marijuana affects the brain and can alter memory, cause panic attacks and depression. How will rental property managers deal with toxic secondhand smoke and mould?
Bill C45 is wrong for so many reasons; damage to children, lack of consultation with the public, impairment issues, toxic second-hand smoke in public places and homes, mould issue, etc. The government’s pot plans will harm children and other innocent bystanders.