CANADIANS SHOULD SERVE PRISON TIME IN CANADA

Re: Legislation To Stop Foreign Crimes Being Served In Canada, Nov. 26.

It's worrisome to read that the Conservative government is
introducing legislation to make it harder for Canadian prisoners
abroad to be transferred to Canada to serve their time at home.

My husband, Marc Emery, is the leader of the BC Marijuana Party and a
long-time political activist who is being extradited to the United
States to serve a five-year prison term in the U.S. federal system.
His "crime" was selling marijuana seeds in Canada, which the
government endorsed and collected taxes on for a decade.

Even though Marc never went to the United States, the Canadian
government and police conspired with U.S. authorities to have him
charged there with what could have been a life sentence. My husband
should have been charged and sentenced in Canada, just as others who
did the same "crime" have been.

Shame on the government for this legislation, which is a slap in the
face of any Canadian who values our Charter of Rights and Freedoms
and Canadian citizenship. Marc will apply for a prison transfer once
he begins his sentence and I hope that he will be able to come home
to serve his time.

Jodie Emery,

Vancouver.