PUT THIS IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT: HARPER OPPOSES LEGALIZING POT

Conservative Leader Stephen Harper said he opposes resurrecting the Liberal
plan to decriminalize marijuana.

"I wouldn't bring back that bill. My position is ... marijuana should
remain illegal.

"We can look at fines rather than jails terms for possession under five
grams," he said in Brantford.

Asked if he had ever imbibed, Harper quipped: "No I have not. I was offered
a joint once and I was too drunk."

"But the serious answer is that I am asthmatic and I've never smoked
anything," he said.

Earlier in the day, on a farm in Jarvis, Ont., Harper stressed he was "not
a prohibitionist" on tobacco and alcohol.

"People are going to have a drink and have a smoke and that's kind of the
way life is going to be."

Martin has Georgia on his mind after D-Day ceremonies

Paul Martin is trading the election campaign for the world stage at D-Day
ceremonies in Normandy and a G-8 summit in Savannah, Ga.

Martin flies to France today and will attend services tomorrow marking the
60th anniversary of D-Day.

He returns to Canada on Monday, then flies to Savannah on Tuesday for the
two-day G-8.