And to lighten the mood, a story about our prime minister:

Chretien jokes about trying pot
Canadian Press
Saturday, October 04, 2003

WINNIPEG -- It's an unlikely retirement scenario for Prime Minister Jean Chretien: he's at his lakeside cottage, sipping tea with his wife Aline - and smoking a big fat joint.

The 69-year-old prime minister has never smoked marijuana, he says, but he joked in an interview this week he might be willing to give it a try once it's decriminalized. Chretien made the joke in an Ottawa interview with the Winnipeg Free Press published in Friday's paper.

Chretien was asked how it felt to have bills for decriminalizing marijuana and legalizing same-sex marriages as the exclamation points to his lengthy political career.

"I don't know what is marijuana," Chretien replied.

"Perhaps I will try it when it will no longer be criminal. I will have my money for my fine and a joint in the other hand."

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You have to understand that the quote "I don't know what is marijuana" is a Chretien-ism. The pundits have joked that he can't speak either official language well. I'd love to have a speech file to play you!