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Offline WindAndConfusion

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Canadian Human Rights Commission trolls bar owner
« on: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 08:39:08 AM »
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Kindos owns Gator Ted's Tap & Grill in Burlington. Four years ago, he asked a marijuana smoker to step away from his front door.

The medically licensed toker complained to the Ontario Human Rights Commission of bias against a disabled person. He won.

Kindos was about to pay the fine and post obligatory signs saying, "We accommodate medicinal marijuana smokers," when a different government agency told him he could lose his liquor licence. Serving anybody possessing a controlled substance – prescribed or not – is against the law.
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“People didn’t like the way I smell,” the smoker, Steve Gibson, acknowledged of one complaint against him from fellow patrons.

“But I don’t like a lot of smells either,” he said. “I can’t bare to stand near some chicks, they’ve got so much perfume on, let alone some ethnics that I don’t like the smell of that much.”
http://www.thestar.com/article/585012

Offline Cobra951

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Re: Canadian Human Rights Commission trolls bar owner
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 02:13:38 PM »
California is in that boat.  State law allows medicinal pot.  Federal law makes it a crime.  There has to be something better for lawmakers and enforcers to spend their time and money on.  Got to be.  Leave natural weeds and their uses alone.

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Re: Canadian Human Rights Commission trolls bar owner
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 04:48:20 PM »
That is messed up. Especially in Canada; the one place I'd expect officials to be a bit more reasonable about such matters.

Offline gpw11

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Re: Canadian Human Rights Commission trolls bar owner
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 05:41:55 PM »
Haha.  The CHRC is such a joke.

Offline nickclone

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Re: Canadian Human Rights Commission trolls bar owner
« Reply #4 on: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 07:51:44 PM »
Was the guy a patron? If not, then he was just loitering...post some "no loitering" signs up.