Bloc Pot Leader Hugo St-Onge outlines party’s proposals for Oct. 1 election
MONTREAL — The head of the Bloc Pot, which is fielding several dozen candidates in the Quebec election, is slamming Ottawa’s plan to legalize the use of cannabis in a month’s time.
Hugo St-Onge, 44, says the federal legislation will mean more infractions and more penalties — the exact opposite of the liberalization his party is proposing as it campaigns for the Oct. 1 election.
Under the legislation, cannabis is strictly regulated and it will be against the Criminal Code to sell cannabis to youth.
St-Onge said he had hoped cannabis would have been taken out of the code to put an end to the stigmatization of users.