Extreme Intoxication

• Extreme intoxication bill was rushed to close legal gap and correct ‘misinformation’: Lametti

  Lametti said swift action was needed to ensure offenders who are criminally negligent in their voluntary consumption of alcohol or drugs can be held liable for any harm they cause.

  Politics

  Oct 24, 2022
  
• Extreme intoxication bill becomes law after flying through Senate

  Justice Minister David Lametti had called for its speedy passage so the gap in the law could be addressed before Parliament rose for a summer break.

  Politics

  Jun 23, 2022
  
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• Extreme intoxication bill unanimously passes House of Commons, heads to Senate

  The Senate can now move to follow a similar process and pass Bill C-28 at all stages by way of a unanimous motion, but several senators have indicated they want more scrutiny.

  Politics

  Jun 22, 2022
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• Extreme intoxication bill will get unanimous fast-tracking through House of Commons

  Bill C-28 would update the Criminal Code to create a new standard for criminal liability when a person commits a crime "in a state of negligent self-induced extreme intoxication."

  Politics

  Jun 21, 2022
• Could the bill targeting ‘negligent’ extreme intoxication be law by summer?

  The Supreme Court of Canada struck down a law barring the extreme intoxication defence in criminal cases where the intoxication is self-induced. Bill C-28 is in response to that.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2022
• New Liberal bill targets ‘negligent’ extreme intoxication after Supreme Court ruling

  Justice Minister David Lametti's bill would require a court to consider whether a person did anything to avoid such a risk in extreme intoxication cases.

  Canada

  Jun 17, 2022
• Ottawa poised to amend extreme intoxication law after Supreme Court ruling

  The Supreme Court left the ball in the government's court on whether to propose new legal wording after it struck down restrictions on the use of self-induced extreme intoxication.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2022
• Winnipeg lawyer says controversial defence in ‘extreme intoxication’ case incredibly rare

  The 'extreme intoxication' legal defence is not a 'get-out-of-jail-free' card, says a Winnipeg defence lawyer.

  Crime

  Jun 11, 2020