From: "Jody Pressman" <jdp@sympatico.ca> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 19:04:27 -0500
http://fillthehill.ca/ I'm proud to announce that the website for the largest drug reform rally in Canadian history has launched. Fill the Hill 2004 now has a home on the internet at fillthehill.ca Fill the Hill 2004 will feature a broad cross-section of Canada's leading political actors and activists in the fight for a sensible drug policy. Speakers include Libby Davies, NDP M.P. for Vancouver-East and former member of the decrim Bill (C-38) House committee, Marc Emery, President of the B.C. Marijuana Party, Philippe Lucas from Canadians for Safe Access and the Vancouver Island Compassion Society, David Malmo-Levine, recent Supreme Court appellant and Vancouver cannabis activist, Alison Myrden, noted medical marijuana activist, Honourable Senator Pierre Claude Nolin, member of the Senate of Canada and Chair of the comprehensive and extensive Special Senate Committee on Illegal Drugs, Eugene Oscapella, director of the Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy, Kirk Tousaw, Policy Director for the BCCLA, Marc Boris-St. Maurice, leader of the Marijuana Party of Canada, and last but certainly not least, Alan Young, respected lawyer, law professor, and author of Justice Defiled: Perverts, Potheads, Serial Killers & Lawyers. http://fillthehill.ca/ will serve as an important organizational and communication tool in the coming months to keep people informed about this exciting and unprecedented event. Be sure to check our our website, join our mailing list, plan to be in Ottawa on Saturday June 5, 2004 to 'fill the Hill' and support reform to our failed marijuana laws. Jody Pressman Fill the Hill, Event Coordinator http://fillthehill.ca/