Party leader to give speech at Toronto's Vapor Central cannabis lounge

Freedom Party leader Paul McKeever will give a short speech today to introduce the party's 2011 Ontario provincial election plank on medical cannabis dispensaries. The speech coincides with today's vote by Californians on Proposition 19: a ballot initiative that will, if successful, end cannabis prohibition in the state of California and have a ripple effect throughout North America.

Two police raids this year on Toronto's oldest "compassion club", Cannabis As Living Medicine (C.A.L.M.), have demonstrated that changes to related provincial laws are long overdue. Freedom Party's plank on medical cannabis dispensaries will address health care, policing, and financing aspects of the problem facing Ontario patients and the dispensaries upon which they depend. A 30 second pre-election ad will be released on Freedom Party's popular youtube channel
( https://www.youtube.com/fpontario ) after the speech.

The speech will be part of a day-long Freedom Party fundraiser event being held at the popular Toronto cannabis lounge Vapor Central (doors open at 11:00 AM). Patrons later will be watching live coverage of today's California election and ballot initiative.

McKeever, an employment lawyer, is also the writer and producer of "The Principle of Pot", a 2010 documentary about Canadian activist Marc Emery. Emery was Freedom Party of Ontario's Action Director until 1990, but more recently has been dubbed "The Prince of Pot" for his famous crusade against cannabis prohibition. The DVD hit store shelves yesterday.

Who: Freedom Party leader Paul McKeever.

When: Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 4:20 PM (today)

Where: Vapor Central, 667 Yonge Street, Second Floor, Toronto (entrance door located between Pay Less Shoes store and Noah's Natural Foods store). Click here for google map.

Vapor Central's Telephone: 416-923-3556

For further information:

Contact: Paul McKeever, leader, Freedom Party of Ontario

e-mail: pmckeever@freedomparty.on.ca

Freedom Party of Ontario
240 Commissioners Road West
London, Ontario
CANADA N6J 1Y1

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