Reid estimates a third of Conservative MPs may have supported legalizing cannabis, but no caucus vote was ever taken. Instead, Scheer’s office enforced a party line vote against legalization. Reid decided to vote in favour after polling his constituents and finding a majority supported legalization. In that spirit, he recounted the story of how Scheer decided to oppose the Liberal government’s cannabis legislation, Bill C-45. “None of this mattered to the leader,” Reid writes.

Source: National Post December 31, 2019 10:41 UTC