WHIPS, CHAINS, POT AND POLITICS

Is Parliament Hill ready for a pot-smoking MP/dominatrix?

"Ottawa is where I came from and where I started my pot-smoking and my
domination, so I certainly hope they're ready to reap what they've sown,"
Montrealer Carol Taylor, running for the Marijuana Party in her home town
of Ottawa, tells The E-File. Taylor, a 29-year-old former Senate page, goes
by the name Ms. Qui in her local dungeon, equipped with whips, chains and a
"suspension cage." Domination and politics "go well together - both are
very negotiation-oriented," says Taylor, whose Web site address can't be
published in a family paper. When not inflicting pain, she smokes an eighth
of an ounce of pot daily to dull her own pain, the result of a 1992 stroke.
An advocate of legalized pot, Taylor wears latex hot pants and claims her
"primal fetish is federal politics." She's running against Liberal MP
Mauril Belanger, chief government whip.

Will Martin be toking on the Hill today? The PM says Liberals would
decriminalize pot. Unfortunately, he made the comment while standing in the
playground of a day-care centre. Does this man not have PR people? Anyway,
we wonder whether Martin will be heading back to Ottawa for Fill The Hill.
Activists will converge on Parliament Hill to press for an end to anti-pot
laws. There's still time to jump in the car and joint the festivities: they
start at 1 p.m.