Trudeau Acts: Canada Gets Closer To Legal Marijuana

  • by: Alan Duke

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, sworn in as Canada's leader two weeks ago, is making good on a campaign pledge to waste no time in legalizing marijuana.

Trudeau's "mandate letter" to newly-appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould listing her top priorities has this at the top:

"Working with the Ministers of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and Health, create a federal-provincial-territorial process that will lead to the legalization and regulation of marijuana."

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His public safety and emergency preparedness and health ministers got similar instructions in their mandate letters.

The Canadian parliament convenes December 3, although it is not clear how long it will take to develop and enact a taxation and regulation system for legal pot.

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  Alan Duke

Editor-in-Chief Alan Duke co-founded Lead Stories after ending a 26-year career with CNN, where he mainly covered entertainment, current affairs and politics. Duke closely covered domestic terrorism cases for CNN, including the Oklahoma City federal building bombing, the UNABOMBER and search for Southeast bomber Eric Robert Rudolph. CNN moved Duke to Los Angeles in 2009 to cover the entertainment beat. Duke also co-hosted a daily podcast with former HLN host Nancy Grace, "Crime Stories with Nancy Grace" and hosted the podcast series "Stan Lee's World: His Real Life Battle with Heroes & Villains." You'll also see Duke in many news documentaries, including on the Reelz channel, CNN and HLN.

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