Sarnia-Lambton MP Marilyn Gladu clarified a previous comment about marijuana and toaster ovens she made while discussing Bill C-45, also known as the Cannabis Act, which would legalize recreational marijuana across Canada.

Gladu has been a vocal critic of the Trudeau government’s plans to legalize marijuana.

While discussing Bill C-45 on June 6, Gladu raised the eyebrows of some for connecting children, marijuana, and toaster ovens.

She said: “Mr. Speaker, it is positively negligent that the government is shutting down debate on this topic. We have already established that this legislation would put marijuana in the hands of children, not just with the 15 joints that 12-year-olds can have but with the four plants per household, so little Johnny can put some in the toaster oven and smoke it up.”

The comment drew the attention of some Canadians who wondered what a toaster oven has to do with consuming marijuana.

It was reported on by Vancouver magazine The Georgia Straight, who said Gladu’s comment is “telling of just how completely unaware Canadian politicians are about who cannabis users are, what they might use it for, and especially, how they use it.” The story was quickly picked up by outlets such as Cannabis Culture, the publication operated by Canadian cannabis icons Marc and Jodie Emery, and VICE.

Twitter joined the conversation and #toasterbud was born.

The @CPC_HQ is so out to lunch on cannabis that I find it hard to take seriously. Do real people actually believe this nonsense? #toasterbud https://t.co/1inxouYTzS — KirkTousaw (@KirkTousaw) June 7, 2017

Gladu cleared up the toaster oven comment in a live interview with Sarnia’s David Burrows and revealed she knows more about marijuana than some originally thought.

“When I was at university, people would grow marijuana in their closet with hydroponics and lights and they would dry the leaves on the toaster oven with a little stainless steel dish underneath it to catch the parts. And then they would roll up their cigarettes,” said Gladu.

“This is what I observed when I was at university,” she stressed. “Apparently that is not the way that it’s done anymore. Now they hang up their leaves, apparently, with close pins.”

“The youth were saying, ‘you are a moron because you know nothing, nobody smokes pot this way, you don’t know what you’re talking about.’ I was really confused,” she said.

Gladu explained to Burrows when she made the comment she was expressing her belief that the current form of Bill C-45 would provide children with easier access to marijuana.

Gladu took time during the interview to elaborate her position on certain aspects of Bill C-45, such as the proposed legislation’s 30-gram marijuana possession limit.

“That’s a huge amount for personal possession,” said Gladu. “I would argue that’s trafficking material and not personal possession.”

Gladu said her preference would be that young people involved in the practice would not “have criminal records that will affect them for their life if they make a mistake when they’re young.”

She said her preference would be that the penalty for possession of marijuana be similar to that that would result from a case of having an open liquor container. “Our court systems are clogged up with these, what I would consider personal possession misdemeanors.”

Gladu voted against time allocation for Bill C-45 on June 6, although time allocation ultimately passed. She did not vote on the Second Reading of the bill on June 8.

To see Gladu’s complete interview with Burrows visit TVSN.ca