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Wife of well-known “Prince of Pot” Marc Emery, Jodie Emery, has formally filed her nomination papers in Vancouver East riding on Monday, which the NDP has held since 1997. Ms. Emery is a prominent marijuana legalization advocate, especially now that her husband has returned from the U.S. last month after serving an American jail sentence over selling marijuana seeds.
Ms. Emery enjoys support of several local Liberals, including a former riding president, who is currently the party’s election-readiness chair in the riding and a former vice-president. According to Emery, she was approached by them to run. 29-year-old Emery mentioned on Monday that “I understand the Liberals don’t want the media marijuana star couple trying to steal the limelight or whatever, but it’s not about us. For Marc and I, it’s about trying to get [Stephen] Harper out of office. For me, that’s my primary goal.” She stated that “… for many proud Canadians who are disappointed in this government, I think the Liberal party offers a great party to join and support to take back this country for the people, the environment and everything else that is so important.”
In the past, Ms. Emery has also run for the provincial Green Party, but she now boasts to have chosen the Liberals partly because they are the only party “that can replace the Harper government” in next year’s election. She alleged that “Justin Trudeau represents new, fresh leadership. I feel like he’s somebody who may be called a blank slate, but that’s somebody that’s open to ideas. He wants to base his policies on facts and science, not on ideology the way Harper does.”
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