UNLIKELY ALLIES CONDEMN GROW-OP BYLAW

Doubt over a city plan that would curb businesses from selling
marijuana grow-op gear is coming from two unlikely sources.

A prominent pot activist and Vancouver's police union boss both agree
the suggested bylaw won't work.

B.C. Marijuana Party leader Marc Emery says stopping businesses from
selling grow-op equipment will just send grow-ops further underground.

Emery says more shoddy equipment will mean more risky fires, like
last week's massive blaze at a Richmond warehouse.

And while Vancouver Police Union president Tom Stamatakis supports
city attempts to weed out grow-ops, he says it won't change criminal behaviour.

"People that want to commit robberies still find a way to get
firearms," Stamatakis said. The city staff report on the bylaw goes
to council today.