A participant practices rolling a joint at the Cannabis Carnivalus 4/20 event in Seattle
A participant practices rolling a joint at the Cannabis Carnivalus 4/20 event in Seattle, Washington April 20, 2014. Reuters/Jason Redmond

Jodie Emery, wife of Canadian "Prince of Pot" Marc Emery, has on Monday filed to run under the Liberal Party in Vancouver East in the next federal election.

Emery cleared she ran upon the encouragement of members of the Vancouver East Federal Liberal Riding Association, not by party leader Justin Trudeau himself. She said she had yet to talk to him about her intentions to join.

Talking to the National Post about a story that ran in the Georgia Strait, she clarified that "the initial news implied that they'd reached out to me wasn't true."

"I clarified it as much as I could afterwards, and I intend to run this campaign as much as I can from the ground up."

Despite backing of local Liberals, Emery would still go through the standard process before she gets approved by the Party as a Liberal nomination in the riding.

Yet, she said she understands if the Liberals are somehow uncertain or aloof in totally backing her nomination. She said she is seeking office for only one thing, "to get [Stephen] Harper out of office. For me, that's my primary goal."

Emery is the wife of "Prince of Pot" Marc who after a five-year stint in a US jail has returned to his homeland Canada in August this year. He was specifically imprisoned for selling marijuana seeds to customers across the border.

The Emery couple that time had said they will press for the legalization of marijuana in Canada. They also promised to support Trudeau because he is the only one who highly supports legalizing marijuana.

Political experts however warned Trudeau to be wary of the Emery couple's true intentions because people have seen how they regularly switched political alliances just to further their cause. In short, they're seen as people without any loyalty whatsoever to either the party or its leader, iPolitics columnist and contributor Bill Tieleman said.

Jodie had said they opted to pledge support this time to the Liberal party and Trudeau because they think it is the only party "that can replace the Harper government" in next year's election.

"Justin Trudeau represents new, fresh leadership. I feel like he's somebody who may be called a blank slate, but that's somebody that's open to ideas. He wants to base his policies on facts and science, not on ideology the way Harper does."