SHAME ON TORIES

Re: 'Prince of Pot pleads guilty to drug distribution for five-year
prison term' (thespec.com, May 25)

Marc Scott Emery pleaded guilty to drug distribution in a Seattle
courtroom as part of his five-year plea bargain deal.

His story brings shame to our current government and its lack of
fortitude in the face of mounting pressure from the Drug Enforcement
Agency. One can only ask why the DEA can operate inside our borders
with such impunity and why such a politically fuelled extradition was
ever allowed to happen.

These are questions Justice Minister Rob Nicholson, Prime Minister
Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada will be faced
with by a growing number of angry voters who are all awakening to the
sad truth. The best thing the Conservative government can do now is
to bring Emery home to serve his sentence, or face a walloping
backlash at the polls.

Brett Ryan Book