{"id":240986,"date":"2026-07-07T06:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/leslyn-lewis-takes-on-new-shadow-cabinet-role-focused-on-artificial-intelligence-and-digital-government\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T07:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:00:09","slug":"leslyn-lewis-takes-on-new-shadow-cabinet-role-focused-on-artificial-intelligence-and-digital-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/07\/leslyn-lewis-takes-on-new-shadow-cabinet-role-focused-on-artificial-intelligence-and-digital-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Leslyn Lewis takes on new Shadow Cabinet role focused on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.norfolktoday.ca\/2026\/07\/07\/leslyn-lewis-takes-on-new-shadow-cabinet-role-focused-on-artificial-intelligence-and-digital-government\/\">Leslyn Lewis takes on new Shadow Cabinet role focused on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Government<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.norfolktoday.ca\/2026\/07\/07\/leslyn-lewis-takes-on-new-shadow-cabinet-role-focused-on-artificial-intelligence-and-digital-government\/\">https:\/\/www.norfolktoday.ca\/2026\/07\/07\/leslyn-lewis-takes-on-new-shadow-cabinet-role-focused-on-artificial-intelligence-and-digital-government\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-07-07 06:48:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.norfolktoday.ca\">www.norfolktoday.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Haldimand\u2014Norfolk MP Leslyn Lewis has been appointed the Conservative Shadow Minister for Digital Government and Artificial Intelligence by Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre.<\/li>\n<li>In her new role, Lewis emphasized the transformative impact of artificial intelligence and digital technology on Canadian life and economy.<\/li>\n<li>Her priorities include protecting Canadians\u2019 privacy and security, holding the Liberal government accountable on digital and AI policies, and promoting innovative and secure digital services.<\/li>\n<li>Lewis will also focus on issues such as affordability, crime, economic growth, and the resource sector as part of the Conservative Party&#8217;s broader agenda.<\/li>\n<li>She looks forward to shaping Canada&#8217;s digital future to reflect national values and addressing citizens&#8217; interests through digital governance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leslyn Lewis takes on new Shadow Cabinet role focused on Artificial Intelligence and Digital Government&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":240987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media-cdn.socastsrm.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/776\/files\/2025\/08\/leslynlewismpheadshot-1200x675.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-240986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240986"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240988,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240986\/revisions\/240988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}