Conservative cabinet ministers and their aides are consulting with "keen" U.S. government officials on a new national drug strategy for Canada, according to internal documents obtained by The Vancouver Sun.
"There have been various senior-level meetings between U.S. officials and ministers/ministers' offices," states a summary of a June 16, 2006 meeting on the Tory drug initiative, involving bureaucrats at nine federal departments and agencies.
"U.S. officials have been keen to discuss drug issues with the current government."
This is a confirmation of my worst fears about where Canadian drug policy reform could go. The last thing we should do is take advice from the United States. No-knock raids, disproportionate jailing of minority groups, gang violence, increased numbers of drug users and billions of wasted dollars are all they have to show for fighting their War on Some Drugs. Why do we want to follow in their footsteps?
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