Early Life and Career
Buors graduated from Elmwood High School in Winnipeg, and worked as a locomotive engineer with the Canadian National Railway for nineteen years. His life as an activist began in 1997, when he was charged with growing cannabis in his garden. He refused mandatory counselling and drug testing, and was fired from his job. Much of his subsequent career has been focused on challenging Canada's prohibition laws on cannabis. He became president of the Anti-Prohibition League of Manitoba, and in 1998 organized the first pro-pot rally in Winnipeg since the 1970s. Buors has also founded a Compassion Club for medicinal marijuana use.
He first campaigned for public office in the 1999 provincial election, running against provincial Justice Minister Vic Toews in Rossmere as a candidate of the Libertarian Party. He received 62 votes, while Toews was narrowly defeated by New Democratic Party candidate Harry Schellenberg.
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