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submitted 1 year ago by zephyreks@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

As our government becomes more and more polarized, what can we do to ensure that facts and data hold out?

I'm not suggesting that lying should be illegal (in fact, it's often unintentional), but when an MPs statement can later be proven to be false, shouldn't they be forced to publicly apologize?

The truth shouldn't be political.

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[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

At this level known lying should be something like perjury. And by known lying, I mean hypothetically like if Trudeau said he didn't pay his family through that foundation, but there is proof he did, that is just lying and he knows he is. Compared to somebody who might make a mistake and say there is no missing funds in account x, but then later realizes they have an outdated sheet...then that is more like mispeaking error and should not be same level of accountability.

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