WESTON TABLES ANTI-DRUG BILL

A private member's bill aimed at giving Canadian law enforcement the
tools to deal with the drugs Ecstasy and crystal meth passed its first
test in the House of Commons this week thanks to area Member of
Parliament John Weston.

Bill C-475 creates a new offence for the procurement of ingredients
with the intent to manufacture either of the highly addictive drugs.

Weston, MP for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country,
introduced the bill on Monday (Nov. 2). The bill, introduced
previously in a slightly different form by MP for Peace River Chris
Warkentin, originally attracted unanimous support in the House and
acclaim from law enforcement officers, educators, parents and others.
That bill got to second reading in the Senate before it was stalled
when the last election was called.