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Canadian Press
After the House of Commons rushed through yesterday, the Senate voted today to put a rubber mark on the government's extreme drunken bill.
Senator adopted a motion this afternoon to see Bill C-28 go through all stages by tonight.
Similar to the House's similarly facilitated process, the Senate motion provides for the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee to investigate and report on this issue by the March 2023 deadline. increase.
Bill passage and pending royal consent to create criminal liability in the case of violent crimes that can prove that the defendant is "in a state of negligent self-induced extreme sickness." It means that the criminal law will be amended.
This is the answer to the May Supreme Court's decision to break the same word as unconstitutional.
Justice Minister David Rametti called for a swift passage so that Congress could address the legal gap before going up for summer vacation.
This report by Canadian Press was first published on June 23, 2022.
