POT PARTY LEADER JOINS LIBERALS

OTTAWA -- The former leader of the Marijuana party says he's joining the
Liberal party, where he'll have a chance to further the cause of legalizing
marijuana.

Marc-Boris St-Maurice, who ran in Prime Minister Paul Martin's riding in
2004 and won only several hundred votes, says he's now a member in good
standing of Martin's party.

He said in a news release on Monday he will attend the Liberal policy
convention this weekend to help rally support for a resolution calling for
the legalization of marijuana.

"I think there is wide support for marijuana reform within the Liberal
party," the release said.

"There's actually quite an open mind out there in regards to this issue in
the Liberal party," he told CBC Radio in Montreal.