#politics
We badly need this here in Canada

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/02/welsh-government-commits-to-making-lying-in-politics

The Labour-led Welsh government has committed to introduce “globally pioneering” legislation that would in effect make lying in politics there illegal.

Members of the Senedd described it as a historic moment that would combat the “existential threat” that lying in politics poses to democracy.