Imbert: Govt’s cannabis law attacks religious freedom

Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter

An Op­po­si­tion MP has ac­cused the Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar Gov­ern­ment of be­ing an­ti-re­li­gion, an­ti-Catholic Church and an­ti-Rasta­far­i­an, ar­gu­ing that pro­posed changes to cannabis laws would in­fringe on re­li­gious free­dom and pri­va­cy.

Colm Im­bert raised the con­cerns in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives yes­ter­day dur­ing de­bate on two amend­ments to the Mis­cel­la­neous Pro­vi­sions Bill, which were brought from the Sen­ate. The pro­posed leg­is­la­tion seeks to raise the age lim­it for con­sum­ing al­co­hol and us­ing to­bac­co and va­p­ing prod­ucts from 18 to 21, and for cannabis use and gam­bling from 18 to 25.