After reading about the new Bill C-15 in Canadian Parliment on reddit I decided to write a letter to Bill Siksay, my local MP. I knew his stance on such bills, one that I agreed with, so I just wrote him a reiteration of what this particular member in his riding thought.
What I wrote him:
Here's what he wrote back:
What I wrote him:
Dear Honourable Bill Siksay,
I am writing to you to express strong disagreement to Bill C-15, introduced by The Hon. Robert Douglas Nicholson.This bill introduces mandatory minimum sentencing, a concept proven to not work as shown by overcrowding in United States prisons. Canadians know the drug war has failed, and 62% support the legalization of marijuana. Please take this into consideration when this bill is put to vote.
I am deeply concerned about the impact that such a law would bring to Canada's justice system and feel that any legislative action to this affect would turn otherwise stalwart citizens into imprisoned criminals.
Here's what he wrote back:
