It is very much a symbolic gesture.
But B.C.’s municipal politicians gathered at the UBCM in Victoria have voted to decriminalize marijuana.
Former federal cabinet minister Tom Siddon, now a civic representive in the Okanagan, had spoken against the idea: “we have fried enough brains already.”
But others spoke in favour of decriminalization, with one councillor pointing out taxation could raise $ 700 million a year on the $ 7-billion pot industry in B.C.
This is an issue for senior levels of government, and the province and the feds have shown no interest.
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