MPS ASK JUSTICE MINISTER TO NOT SIGN POT ACTIVIST'S U.S. EXTRADITION
PAPERS

Marijuana activist Marc Emery's battle to avoid going to a U.S. prison
got a boost this week in the House of Commons.

Three MPs -- Libby Davies of the New Democratic Party, Ujjal Dosanjh
of the Liberals and Scott Reid of the Conservatives -- presented a
petition signed by more than 12,000 Canadians asking Justice Minister
Rob Nicholson not to sign extradition papers that would send Emery
south to serve a five-year sentence for selling marijuana seeds online
in 2005.

His removal order has been sitting on the Justice Minister's desk
since Jan. All three MPs said Emery's extradition smacks of
unfairness.