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Ottawa, ON Dan Albas, Conservative Shadow Minister for Finance, and Grard Deltell, Conservative Shadow Minister for Innovation, Science and Industry released the following statement after Statistics Canada warned inflation has reached 7.7 per cent:

Less than a week after the Deputy Prime Minister presented her so-called solution to the inflationary crisis, the problem is only getting worse with prices climbing by 7.7 per cent the highest increase in nearly four decades.

The inflation-driven cost-of-living crisis caused by Justin Trudeaus reckless spending is making life harder for Canadians. Canadians are struggling to feed their families, with food prices jumping by 9.7 per cent in the last year. Theyre struggling to afford the roof over their heads, with rents continuing to climb and the price of a home increasing by 20 per cent this year. Theyre struggling to fill up their cars, with prices over $2.00/litre and the Liberals refusing to provide any relief.

Yet, the Trudeau Liberals continue to blame global factors and refuse to provide the immediate relief Canadians are begging for, and vote against common-sense Conservative solutions that would leave more money in the pockets of Canadians.

Enough is enough. Canadians cant afford a government that continues to leave them behind.

Conservatives will continue to be the voice of Canadians looking for relief from the cost-of-living crisis. While Justin Trudeau continues to offer hollow words and empty promises, Conservatives will continue to fight for solutions that leave more money in the pockets of Canadians and protect the value of the money that they earn.

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Ottawa, ON Laila Goodridge, Conservative Shadow Minister for Families, Children and Social Development, Jasraj Singh Hallan, Conservative Shadow Minister for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, and Luc Berthold, Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition and Qubec Political Lieutenant, issued the following statement regarding the announcement of a Cabinet task force to address inexcusable delays in delivering government services:

Over the weekend, the Prime Minister announced the creation of a cabinet committee, which includes some of the Liberals worst-performing ministers, to address the inexcusable failure of the Liberal government to deliver basic services like passport renewals and immigration services.

More bureaucracy, more meetings, and more poorly performing Liberal ministers are not what is needed to address this crisis. Unfortunately, the Liberal government ignored the warning signs and failed to plan for the country emerging from the pandemic. The least they can do now is take meaningful steps to resolve the chaos they created.

The Minister of Transport blames out-of-practice Canadians for delays at the airport, instead of acknowledging outdated mandates. The Minister of Families, Children and Social Development blames unprecedented demand for passports, despite the number falling below pre-pandemic demand. The Minister of Immigration blames anything except his own department for a record-breaking backlog at IRCC. Now they believe the solution to this chaos is to add another layer of government bureaucracy.

Rather than focusing on resolving the crisis, hard-working public servants will now need to divert their attention to help a task force of Liberal ministers study the problem. Canadians need front-line workers processing applications and working through the backlog, not a summer research project for Liberal ministers.

Conservatives have repeatedly called on the Trudeau government for more action to address passport delays and immigration backlogs at IRCC. The problem has gotten so bad, that some Canadians are travelling between provinces just to get a passport. Announcing one more task force is sadly a predictable response from this government.

Canadians deserve timely and reliable access to government services. Once again, the Trudeau government delivers more empty promises while Canadians are left waiting for actual action.

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Bill Maher would probably like to make fun of conservatives like he's done in years past. I admit some were funny jabs. He's a comedian. He's pro-free speech. He hates the political correctness ethos that's infected his side of the aisle. It's why he's shot inside the ship more than a few times. He's returned fire against his own because they've lost their minds. The man just likes having conversations with anyone. He and Ann Coulter are best friends. He sat down with The Daily Wire's Ben Shapiro where he discussed how his side has lost the plot. Defunding the police, kids being transgender at age fourthis never happened. Being "woke" was not a thing. Introducing yourself via pronouns was not a thing either. So, when Joe Biden decided to form a thought police task force at the Department of Homeland Security ahead of the 2022 midterms, you can only imagine how Maher would react given his past remarks about Big Tech censorship concerning the Wuhan lab leak theory and Hunter Biden's laptop.

First, it just shows you how out of touch Joe Biden has become thinking that so-called misinformation, which is just anything that makes him look bad, is what's causing his bad polling numbers. It's just that he has a trash agenda. Yet, Maher warned liberals about this thought police task force, noting they would have had a field day over Barack Obama's lie about healthcare. Remember, if you like your plan, you can keep it? The HBO host also said that people comparing it to "1984's" Ministry of Truth in Oceania are right.

"It's exactly what it sounds like," he said (via The Blaze):

On Friday night's episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher," the liberal talk show host said he agreed with the newly-formed department's role in combatting Russian disinformation since "they are our adversary and trying to hurt us." However, Maher was deeply concerned with how the Disinformation Governance Board could be politically weaponizedhere's from the Department of Homeland Security, 'Disinformation is defined as false information that is deliberately spread with the intention to deceive or mislead,'" Maher quoted the DHS.

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"Well, you could have said that about If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor," Maher suggested, recalling Obama's vow that was proclaimed "Lie of the Year" by PolitiFact in 2013.

"It said also, here's a phrase, can take many forms. Okay, now we're going faster down the slippery slope," Maher warned.

Maher declared, "Okay, so government should not be involved in deciding what's true or not true!"

Maher then questioned what would happen to the Disinformation Governance Board if Republicans regained the White House in the next presidential election.

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Maher mentioned that many people are labeling the Disinformation Governance Board as the "Ministry of Truth" the department of propaganda in George Orwell's dystopian book "1984."

"Yes, they're right to compare this to Orwell in the Ministry of Truth. It's exactly what it sounds like," Maher exclaimed.

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Maher also slammed the incoming director of the new Disinformation Governance Board for wanting to enable verified Twitter users to edit other users if they feel like a tweet is misleading.

During a recent Zoom call, Nina Jankowicz said, Verified people can essentially start to edit Twitter [in] the same sort of way that Wikipedia is so they can add context to certain tweets.

Maher noted that Twitter users can easily add a reply to tweets which could provide context.

"Oh, you mean like what Twitter is? That's what Twitter is. Somebody says something and then you add context," Maher snapped back sarcastically, then added, "These are not bright people in our government."

Well, that's for sure, sir. Democrats sure act as if they'll be in the majority forever. That's coming to an end this year. I hope they understand thatand I'm not so sure we should dissolve this thought police task force once we regain control in due time. They set the rules. And we know the left has been spewing a steady lava stream of misinformation.

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The federal Liberals tabled a bill Friday that seeks to eliminate self-induced extreme intoxication as a legal defence for violent crimes, after the Supreme Court struck down a similar provision in May.

Bill C-28, introduced by Justice Minister David Lametti, would add new language to the Criminal Code that creates criminal liability when a person who commits a violent crime is in a state of negligent self-induced extreme intoxication.

For a person to be found liable for their actions under the drafted update of Section 33.1 in the code, prosecutors would need to establish that they were criminally negligent.

The court would need to consider whether a reasonable person in that situation could have foreseen the risk that ingesting intoxicating substances could cause extreme intoxication and lead the person to harm another person.

The specific circumstances of the case would factor into the analysis, such as the substance itself and the quantity that was consumed, the persons state of mind at the time and anything they may have done to mitigate such a risk.

Extreme intoxication is defined in the bill as intoxication that renders a person unaware of, or incapable of consciously controlling, their behaviour.

It is not a presumed defence, meaning that the test would only apply if a defendant specifically raises it.

This has only ever happened a handful of times, Lametti said.

It would not apply to the vast majority of cases where drugs or alcohol are involved and almost never in situations where only alcohol was consumed.

This is not about being really drunk or really high, he said, repeating several times: Being drunk or high is not a defence for committing criminal acts like sexual assault.

Marci Ien, the Liberal minister for women and gender equality and youth, told reporters the government has been increasingly concerned about online misinformation suggesting that the recent Supreme Court decision meant that being drunk could be a defence for sexual assault.

She cited social media posts with hundreds of thousands of likes and views, including one that suggested rape is now legal if youre intoxicated.

Lametti said one of the motivations for closing the gap in the law so quickly was to address some of the rising fear and confusion around the decision.

You dont want someone to think, Oh, I can have a few drinks and do whatever the blank I want, he quipped.

In its unanimous May ruling, the Supreme Court made it clear that being drunk will never get someone off the hook for a violent crime.

Justice Nicholas Kasirer wrote in the decision that under the previous wording of Section 33.1, convicting someone for how they behave in a state of automatism, or when they are too intoxicated to stay in control of themselves, violates principles of fundamental justice.

The wording had been added by the Liberal government of Jean Chrtien in 1995, in response to a 1994 Supreme Court decision that acquitted a man of sexual assault because he was blackout drunk at the time of the offence.

But it failed the constitutional test because a person could be convicted without the prosecution having to prove that they acted voluntarily or that they ever intended to commit a crime even though a guilty action and a guilty mind must ordinarily be present for someone to be found criminally responsible.

On that basis, the court upheld two acquittals of men who committed violent acts after voluntarily consuming drugs, and ordered a new trial in a third, similar case.

Some groups expressed concern about the court ruling, with Kerri Anne Froc of the National Association of Women and the Laws steering committee urging action to rectify a gap in the criminal justice system and protect women and children, often the victims of these crimes.

The court suggested Parliament could enact new legislation to update the language of the Criminal Code in such a way that extremely intoxicated people could still be held accountable for their violent crimes.

Lamettis office reacted with what he called lightning speed, consulting with stakeholders, court interveners and members of Parliament to come up with a solution that could get broad support.

Pam Hrick, the executive director and general counsel of the Womens Legal Education and Action Fund, appeared alongside ministers at Fridays news conference and praised the governments thoughtful, nuanced and constitutional response.

Asked whether he expects the bill to be passed by unanimous motions before the House of Commons and Senate rise next week for a summer break, Lametti said he is optimistic.

There is a point of agreement here, and I hope we can move this forward.

The NDPs justice critic, Randall Garrison, said in a statement that his party will push to have the bill passed quickly.

The Conservatives say they are still reviewing the legislation.

Marie-Danielle Smith, The Canadian Press

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