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VANCOUVERLiberal Leader Justin Trudeaus much talked about support for legalizing marijuana has not helped the wife of a high-profile pot crusader get a shot at running for the party in the next election.

Jodie Emerys attempt to seek the nomination in the riding of Vancouver East has gone up in smoke.

Liberal spokesman Olivier Duchesneau has confirmed that the partys so-called Greenlight Committee that reviews candidates rejected her bid.

Jodies husband, Marc Emery, was extradited to the U.S. in 2010, where he pleaded guilty to selling marijuana seeds to American customers and was sentenced to five years in prison.

Jodie Emery says she filed her nomination papers last September, about a month after Marc, a vocal advocate for legalizing marijuana who calls himself the Prince of Pot, returned to Canada.

She says she respects the committees decision, which she learned about from an email Friday afternoon, and has no plans to run for another party.

The governing Conservatives have repeatedly hammered Trudeau since he said hed like to see marijuana legalized, taxed and regulated.

Trudeaus position has been a staple of Conservative ads and fundraising missives, and having Emery as a Liberal candidate would have no doubt provided further ammunition.

Duchesneau didnt provide specific reasons for why Emerys bid was turned down.

Open nominations does not mean that anyone can have their name on the ballot at the nomination meeting, he said in an email late Friday.

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A new poll suggests the federal Conservatives have jumped four percentage points ahead of Liberals as Canadians weigh consistency against the prospect of change in the lead-up to the next election.

And while that may not seem like much of a lead, Ipsos Reid senior vice-president John Wright says those numbers could put Tories close to majority government territory.

According to the Ipsos survey for Global News, released Thursday, Tories sit at 35 per cent support nationally a jump of two percentage points since December. Justin Trudeaus Liberals are at 31 per cent, down three points from last month. In September, Ipsos numbers gave Liberals a seven-point lead.

Thomas Mulcair's New Democrats are stuck in third at 24 per cent, virtually unchanged from last month but seven points lower than where the party stood during its surge in the 2011 federal election.

Elizabeth Mays Greens are at four per cent support, Mario Beaulieus Bloc Quebecois are at six per cent support (but 25 per cent support in Quebec), while 17 per cent of respondents told the firm they are undecided.

The numbers show Conservatives have broken a tie in vote-rich Ontario and are now leading Liberals by seven percentage points, 41 per cent to 34 per cent. The NDP is at 21 per cent in Canadas most populous province.

The survey also pegs Harpers personal approval rating at 49 per cent the highest it has been since 2012.

The poll was conducted online between January 6 and 11, among a sample of 1,915 Canadians. It is considered accurate to within 2.6 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

Wright told The Huffington Post Canada Friday that if the Tories have a four-point lead, theyre in really good shape.

For starters, Wright points to the fact that there will be new riding boundaries and 30 more seats at play in the next election to reflect population changes. Fifteen of those seats will be in Ontario, six each in Alberta and British Columbia and three in Quebec.

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VANCOUVER Liberal leader Justin Trudeau's much talked about support for legalizing marijuana has not helped the wife of a high-profile pot crusader get a shot at running for the party in the next election.

Jodie Emery's attempt to seek the nomination in the riding of Vancouver East has gone up in smoke.

Liberal spokesman Olivier Duchesneau confirmed the party's so-called GreenLight candidate review committee rejected her bid.

Jodie's husband Marc Emery was extradited to the U.S. in 2010, where he pleaded guilty to selling marijuana seeds to American customers and was sentenced to five years in prison.

Jodie Emery says she filed her nomination papers last September, about a month after Marc, a vocal advocate for legalizing marijuana who calls himself the "prince of pot," returned to Canada.

She says she respects the committee's decision, which she learned about from an email Friday afternoon, and has no plans to run for another party.

The governing Conservatives have repeatedly hammered Trudeau since he said he'd like to see marijuana legalized, taxed and regulated.

Trudeau's position has been a staple of Conservative ads and fundraising missives, and having Emery as a Liberal candidate would have no doubt provided further ammunition.

Duchesneau didn't provide specific reasons for why Emery's bid was turned down.

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Marijuana activist Jodie Emery says her bid to become a Liberal MP has ended with the partys rejection Friday of her bid for the nomination in Vancouver East.

Ms. Emery said in an interview that the chair of the Liberal greenlight committee wrote Friday to say it is not recommending her as a candidate.

Ms. Emery said the very short and sweet note did not explain the committees specific objections.

However, she acknowledged her activism was likely an issue. Perhaps thats a bit too much baggage for the party.

Also, she suggested the Liberals likely now see Vancouver East as far more competitive given the decision of the ridings MP, veteran New Democrat Libby Davies, not to seek re-election.

Ms. Emery, who once ran as a candidate for B.Cs Green Party, said she respects the decision and will not run as an independent.

I support the Liberals. I want them to win ridings across Canada to defeat the Harper government, she said.

Ms. Emery said she understands her $1,000 nomination fee will be returned to her.

For now, she said she will focus on continued activism and attending to her husband Marc Emery, known as the Prince of Pot, who was released last summer after a five-year sentence in a U.S prison for selling marijuana seeds.

The long-awaited ruling eases a challenge for Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, who had been facing questions about Ms. Emery's bid to link herself to his party despite any resolution in the nomination question.

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