SVEND COULD TESTIFY ON EMERY'S BEHALF

Pot-seed vendor Marc Emery says former NDP MP Svend Robinson has offered to
help him at his extradition hearing. "Svend Robinson called me up to say
that he would testify that when he was NDP health critic and he asked,
'Where should people who have a medical need get their seeds?', they said
buy them on the Internet," Emery told the Straight. "Clearly, the
government was telling people to do so."

Robinson told the Straight it would be "blatant hypocrisy" if the federal
government extradites Emery. Emery noted that he has dealt with many other
Canadian politicians over the years. "I'm always amazed at how complicit
everybody is along with me," he claimed.

For instance, Emery said he contributed $7,000 in marijuana-seed money to
Green party leader Adriane Carr's unsuccessful 2002 initiative for
proportional representation. Emery added that federal NDP leader Jack
Layton visited his home to seek his political support.

Canadian Senate committees have invited Emery to speak before them on two
occasions. Emery also said that B.C.'s newest senator, Vancouver Mayor (and
former RCMP drug cop) Larry Campbell, also has a connection to his cause.

"Mayor Larry Campbell came to my Beyond Prohibition conference last year,
which I paid for with seed money," Emery said. "Every member of Parliament
has had a subscription to my magazine for eight years. Even if they don't
necessarily read it, their assistants get it and open it up and take a look
at it."

On July 29, a U.S. federal grand jury indicted Emery, Gregory Williams, and
Michelle Rainey-Fenkarek on charges of conspiracy to distribute marijuana,
conspiracy to distribute marijuana seeds, and conspiracy to engage in
money-laundering. If convicted, they would serve 10 years to life in a U.S.
prison.

Emery's lawyer, John Conroy, told the Straight that in 1987 the Supreme
Court of Canada struck down seven-year minimum sentences for importing and
exporting narcotics. Conroy said that this could be cited in any
constitutional challenge to Emery's extradition. "Here, he is looking at a
mandatory minimum of 10 [years] without parole," Conroy said.

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms prohibits cruel and unusual
punishment and guarantees that people cannot be deprived of their liberty
except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice. Emery's
next court appearance is next Thursday (August 25).