FELGER AIMS TO LEGALIZE POT - AND EXPOSE 'BULLY' WHITE

Tim Felger is a 47-year-old advocate for the legalization of
marijuana. He calls himself a "flower farmer," has run previously
municipally. Felger has lived in Abbotsford for the past 14 years. He
was raised in Ohio and also lived in Virginia and Kentucky. Felger,
who served in the U.S. military, cites his support for universal
health care, lower taxes, promotion of exercise and promotion of
education among inmates as issues he hopes to tackle during the
campaign - along with his party's primary goal of legalizing marijuana.

Q: The Marijuana Party officially launched its campaign on June 2.
Party leader Marc-Boris St-Maurice told media in Montreal that "the
legalization of marijuana is the only issue for the party." This is
confusing, in that Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon candidate Norm Siefken
told Whistler media last week that he is eager to prove he is not "a
single-issue candidate." Which is it?

A: "Well, I think what he's (St-Maurice) trying to say is it's the
most prominent sign that's what's wrong with government. We as a party
believe that the individual is supreme over the state, so, from there,
all the other answers are derived.

Q: You have said that Conservative candidate Randy White needs to be
exposed for the "political bully" that he is. You say that "a lot of
people" in Abbotsford are tired of his actions. If this is true, why
does he continue to get such strong support?

A: "We're in a very Christian community and that's the only reason.
And he's gotten a lot of press for the things he says. But scientific
information is in. He is wrong on prohibition. It is pretty evident
that prohibition is a cancer on society, that it kills the hope, the
pride, the humanity in a community, and that anyone who disagrees with
this really has no intellectual integrity. In other words, Randy White
is a self-serving, political bully."

Q: Aside from the marijuana issue, has White been an effective
MP?

A: "No. Randy White jumps on every issue that comes around and tries
to make a national issue out of it, and him being the head crusader.
He's done that with the, what's that, the child molesting sex
registry. He's doing that with the prisoners. he's doing that with the
marijuana. He puts too much emotionalism into issues that don't need
emotionalism."

Q: In the May 25 Abbotsford News, you were quoted as saying, "I might
not win this time, but I do not have to win to move the argument more
to the centre, away from all these right wing Christians." What is the
argument of "all these right wing Christians"?

A: "Well, you know, like their 'get tough on crime.' You know, 'The
war on drugs is a good war.' You know, 'Lock the prisoners up and give
them no rights and don't let them vote.' You know, 'Compensate all the
big, massive chicken farmers.' I mean, that's not the issue I'm
talking about, but let's go to Iraq. You know, most of the right wing
Christians, like Randy White and the Conservative Party, believe we
should have sent troops to Iraq. Now, isn't that what Stephen Harper's
saying, that he's going to increase the defence budget and we should
be backing the U.S.?"

Q: Well, White told us that Canada should have been in Iraq in a
humanitarian role. behind the front lines.

A: "That's a way of saying, 'Yes, but no.' The answer is no. As a
matter of fact, we should bring our troops home from
Afghanistan."

Q: Where should our troops be?

A: "Well, back in Canada is a good place. Or I'd put them in some
other Third World nation that we were actually going to do something.
The war in Iraq and Afghanistan is about oil for the U.S. They have no
right over there."

Q: You call Osama bin Laden "a first international freedom fighter."
What does that mean?

A: "You know, you have to really take in a lot of history to
understand that. But, ever since World War II, America has always said
they stood for freedom and democracy. But I can give you 56 incidences
of the U.S. military and CIA intervention since World War II. So, if
they're spreading freedom and democracy, and they're doing these
things in the name of good, why don't we have world peace? In my
opinion, the biggest obstacle to world peace is the U.S. government
and the CIA. And they should be brought before the World Court for war
crimes. I think if the American people could see what they were doing
and they could smell the dead bodies and they could see how the little
children are being shot in the back of the head while they're running
away, I think it would change what's happening. I don't think the
American people understand - they are the villains."

Q: Do you consider Osama bin Laden a terrorist or the actions of Sept.
11, 2001 terrorist attacks?

A: "No. It was just a retaliatory strike against an enemy that's been
bombing the hell out of the Arab homeland for 60 years."

Q: How do you try to solicit votes from voters who are ambivalent
about marijuana legalization?

A: "Well, I more or less ignore them, because at this point, if they
don't want to look at the scientific evidence, they just want to keep
their emotionalism, I can't help them."

Q: Why not link with a major party that stands closest to the
Marijuana Party on its stance on legalization of pot?

A: Actually, I thought of joining the NDP.

Q: What happened?

A: "Well, they didn't want me. That would have been my next best bet,
but you know what? They got a lot of issues of their own."

Q: Are you going to win this election?

A: "it's a long way to election day. You never know what the hell's
going to happen."

Q: If not a victory, what is your goal during this
campaign?

A: "To pipe some sunshine up Randy White's skirt on this prohibition
issue and expose him for being a political bully."