There are plenty of reasons why sports and entertainment memorabilia aficionados will be flocking to the Great Canadian Collector Show.
Autograph sessions with retired Blue Jays Lloyd Moseby and Jesse Barfield and former NHLers Darryl Sittler, Gerry Cheevers, Brad Park, Eddie Shack, and Billy Smith will stir up memories of their bygone triumphs. A live auction and appearances by DJ Qualls, Ty Ollson, and the Hanson brothers will also pack people in to the Harbour Convention Centre on Sunday (February 9).
But for some, the main attraction will undoubtedly be keynote speaker Tommy Chong, a civil-rights hero to cannabis users who will be returning to the city he called home in the 1960s.
In a phone interview with the Georgia Straight, John Conroy said the looming limits of 10 milligrams of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) per package of edible cannabis, 10 milligrams of THC per unit of cannabis extracts, and one gram per package of cannabis extracts fall far short of what’s required by some medicinal users.
The prospective case involves an unnamed mother of a young child who requires high-end extracts to treat multiple seizures.
“You’ve got kids with significant medical issues whose parents have got them medically approved for high-end concentrate extracts—and they still won’t be able to get them legally,” Conroy said. “So the government is once again failing to prevent the violation of the constitutional rights of medically approved patients.”
The regulation pursuant to the Cannabis Act takes effect on October 17. Conroy maintained that it will “arbitrarily deprive” medicinal cannabis patients of their right to security of the person, which is guaranteed under Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
