Marc Emery, Canada's "Prince of Pot" claims the conservate Canadian government is intentionally attempting to block Emery's plea deal struck with the U.S.

"Canada refused to go along with Marc Emery's deal with U.S. prosecutors to plead guilty in return for the United States dropping charges against two co-accused and allowing him to serve most of the sentence in a Canadian prison, the marijuana activist said on Friday.

The B.C. Marijuana Party founder said Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government is pursuing a get-tough policy on drug use and is upset by his long-running campaign for marijuana legalization.

"They want to make an example out of me," Emery told CKNW radio in Vancouver. "They just don't like me."