JUSTICE MINISTER SHOULD EXERCISE LEADERSHIP

Re: "Drug squad raids Cramahe farm.", The Independent, October 24: The
responsibility for this travesty lies squarely on the shoulders of the
bureaucrats and advisers to the minister in the Federal Department of
Justice. I have e-mailed the Prime Minister and Justice Minister with a
copy of your article. I do not think the police should be petitioned, they
are taking their orders in these issues from Ottawa. Ultimate responsiblity
for this actually needs to be placed squarely where it belongs - on the
shoulders of Anne McLellan, who as justice minister seems to take her
marching orders from Mr. Chretien rather than from her party, whish urged
decriminalizing marijuana for all purposes. As such, she has not exercised
the leadership one would expect of a former law professor who taught Civil
Liberties. Her former students are shaking their heads in disbelief.

Brian L. Fish Barrister & Solicitor Edmonton, Alberta