Conservative MP Scott Reid
Lanark - Frontenac - Lennox and Addington

Source: Should We End Prohibition
Policy Options magazine (PDF)
October 2001

Excerpt:
Many currently banned substances have physical and psychological effects that are no more harmful than those associated with legal recreational drugs such as caffeine and alcohol. Like the prohibition of alcohol in the United States in the 1920s, their prohibition skews the allocation of law enforcement resources, artificially raises prices to extremely high levels, encourages crime by addicts, and prevents the emergence of private institutions and products to deal with the very real social problems posed by addiction.

Conservative MP Inky Mark
Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette

Source: Tories bust legal pot
The Brandon Sun
April 4, 2006

Excerpt:
One Westman Tory MP even thinks Harper and Justice Minister Vic Toews should mellow out.

Instead of decriminalizing weed as the Liberals proposed, Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette MP Inky Mark said his government should take things and step further and legalize pot.

“It’s either you take a hard position and penalize the people who are in the business or else you regulate it and tax it to death,” Mark said.

“Personally, I would legalize it like ... alcohol and tobacco. Then you actually would control it. I know that’s not the party’s position, but that’s my preference."

“It’s a waste of resources” to get the police to prosecute pot smokers, Mark added. “You’re not getting ahead.” read the full article

Senator Pierre Claude Nolin
Chair of the Senate Special Committee on Illegal Drug Use (Quotes from the Report)

Source: Pot less harmful than alcohol: Senate report
CBC News
September 4, 2002

"Scientific evidence overwhelmingly indicates that cannabis is substantially less harmful than alcohol and should be treated not as a criminal issue but as a social and public health issue." read the full article