So the good news this Monday (we’re thinking) is that for all the post-winter rubbish on South Bayview Ave, there is no left over marijuana paraphernalia to clean up. Unlike Dundas Square and Parliament Hill, we are guessing, where Sunday was a day of celebration of the weed culture. It is called 4/20 because it was on April 20, 1995, that activists held an all-day rally in Vancouver. “I think the policy edge has always been there. It’s just more and more people are getting fed up with the status quo,” said John Albert, a former Marijuana Party candidate, as he sat amidst a crowd that police estimated was more than 2,000 on the front lawn under the Peace Tower. The size of the crowd may say something about the smoking substance itself. Organizers said there were 15,000 while reporters said maybe 2,000. Hmm.
