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https://policyoptions.irpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Wordpress-Notwithstanding-extreme-intoxication.jpg19201080Is the defence of extreme intoxication constitutionally mandated in Canada? We should have an answer soon, when the Supreme Court releases its decision in Sullivan and Chan. At issue in both cases is the constitutionality of Section 33.1 of the Criminal Code, which eliminates the defence of extreme intoxication (sometimes known as drunken automatism) created […]