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In the heady days following his election victory, Justin Trudeau actively encouraged his caucus members to rock the boat.

“Regardless of party demands, and the partisanship that will continue to exist in this House … your one job, that you cannot ever forget, is to be a strong voice in service of the people who sent you here from your constituencies,” he told his MPs at their first caucus meeting after forming government.

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He can hardly complain then, that a number of them have chosen to rush to the microphones to lament government policy.

Wednesday was National Weed Day — the annual excuse for the nation’s potheads to flaunt the law, get stoned and eat Cheetos on the lawn of Parliament Hill, while the Peace Tower Carillon plays Fly Me To The Moon in the background.

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, the young MP for Beaches-East York in Toronto, used the occasion to complain about the prosecution of Canadians for marijuana possession — a crime that will no longer exist, once the government follows through on its promise to legalize pot in spring 2017.