tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post8342609658778965262..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: NDP ban former candidate Dana Larsen from Halifax conventionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-43643343347896869132009-08-13T21:18:18.828-04:002009-08-13T21:18:18.828-04:00ADHR - "The guy pretty obviously was trying t...ADHR - "The guy pretty obviously was trying to buy votes."<br /><br />No, he was practicing what every NDP group does... Supports their members get to the conference to support resolutions. The unions do it, other member groups do it. The difference here is that they have arbitrarily decided to enforce the rules in this one specific scenario, at the last minute, for dubious reasons.<br /><br />The NDP has jerked around drug policy activists for long enough, we're just pissed now.<br /><br />"Why not try to get some resolutions introduced in Larsen's stead?" <br /><br />Didn't you notice the "last minute" nature of this? The resolution will still be presented, rest assured. Bill Siksay is presenting it. However, its prime proponent was banned for doing something that everyone does, and isn't technically illegal. Do you have something wrong with Dana's reasoning surrounding the line between what is/isn't allowed.Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18352082171720055212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-82212654982038565682009-08-13T18:23:00.363-04:002009-08-13T18:23:00.363-04:00Why isn't anyone who favours drug decriminaliz...Why isn't anyone who favours drug decriminalization blaming Larsen for his own foolishness? The guy pretty obviously was trying to buy votes. Whether or not others have been doing it, he did it. Given that he has a history of problems with the party, he should've been trying extra hard to keep his nose clean.<br /><br />Spamming NDP Facebook pages is massively counter-productive besides. Why not try to get some resolutions introduced in Larsen's stead? Unless, of course, this is yet more reflexive NDP-bashing, which I'm starting to suspect it is.ADHRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00854569640217600183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-26750490562797115862009-08-13T18:17:40.291-04:002009-08-13T18:17:40.291-04:00You threw me there for a minute - I thought it was...You threw me there for a minute - I thought it was a photo of Prince William.RuralSandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09552973218865121867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-85935842066706551452009-08-13T17:10:18.578-04:002009-08-13T17:10:18.578-04:00It is crazy that the NDP are so crazy over this. T...It is crazy that the NDP are so crazy over this. The Liberal Party passed a legalization resolution in workshop in 2005 if my memory serves me (it was not prioritized)Concerned Albertanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809909593653580510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-46935304589440276192009-08-13T13:19:11.135-04:002009-08-13T13:19:11.135-04:00I've been following this from Vancouver with t...I've been following this from Vancouver with the rest of the drug policy activist community. I'm quite frustrated with the NDP's constant see-saw of support. The eNDProhibition resolution represents a real chance for the NDP to forward sane, rational drug policy in this country for the first time in over a century.Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927395920503841341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-50996486699852937152009-08-13T12:29:54.166-04:002009-08-13T12:29:54.166-04:00I left the NDP nearly three years ago as I began t...I left the NDP nearly three years ago as I began to see this kind of undemocratic behaviour creeping up around this issue in particular. Dana is a good guy, a solid activist, and has a broader scope then just drug policy reform. However, Brad Lavigne seems to have brought in too many Obama advisers who think that this is somehow of a third rail.<br /><br />It isn't. The treatment of medical marijuana patients (which is where my advocacy lies) is a disability and human rights issue, not a criminal one. What the NDP is doing is, in essence, treating the disabled as second class citizens.<br /><br />Unfortunatly I experienced the same attitudes in the 2004 federal election when managing a campaign for a disabled NDP candidate. While they pay lip service to human rights and disability issues, some of the old guard were downright nasty. In the end, and after a little hardball, the candidate was given another riding.<br /><br />Anyway Brad, sorry about introducing you to the power of social networking the hard way, but now we're even for that nasty paper cut you gave me on the '04 campaign when grabbing literature out of my hands. You know, in Hamilton, when you were trying to do much the same thing you are doing today...silence uncomfortable affinity groups? <br /><br />Tim Meehan<br />Patients Against Ignorance and Discrimination on Cannabis (PAIDOC)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com