Federal lawyer asks B.C. judge to toss experts’ reports on medical marijuana
VANCOUVER — A lawyer for the federal government is asking the B.C. Supreme Court to reject the reports of three doctors and a criminologist she argues are either unqualified or biased in favour of medical marijuana dispensaries fighting to stay open in Vancouver.
Andrea Gatti said the reports solicited by lawyers for dispensary operators should be tossed as Vancouver seeks an injunction to shut down the unlicensed facilities.
“Because each of these reports has at least two deficiencies, Canada says the entire reports should be found inadmissible,” Gatti said Wednesday.
Two of the three doctors practise exclusively in Ontario, and Chief Justice Christopher Hinkson suggested that may be an issue in the relevance of their opinions.