With almost one month to go before the Sensible B.C. petition campaign kicks off, organizers of the movement to decriminalize marijuana are touring the province gathering volunteers, and they'll be in Burnaby this Friday.
Elections B.C. gave the go-ahead to Dana Larsen, founder of the Sensible B.C. campaign, to petition for a referendum to decriminalize marijuana. The referendum would amend the province's Police Act to prohibit police officers from arresting people in possession of marijuana.
"We'll need a few thousand hard-working volunteer canvassers to collect the roughly 400,000 signatures required," Larsen said in a press release.
"Anyone who wants to help out and become a canvasser should come to our events or visit our website."
Larsen and the Sensible B.C. campaign are travelling around the province gathering these volunteers. They'll be in Burnaby on July 26 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the McGill Library, 4595 Albert St.
"Our polling shows over 70 per cent support in B.C. for the provisions of the Sensible Policing Act," Larsen said. "The question for us is, are there enough British Columbians who feel passionately about this issue for us to find the many canvassers and volunteers we need?" Larsen's amendment - the Sensible Policing Act - would take place in September of 2014, but that's only if the petition collects signatures from 10 per cent of registered voters
during a 90-day period. For more information on the Burnaby stop, or the Sensible B.C. campaign, visit sensiblebc.ca.
