I can recall very few times I ever heard a fellow canadian differentiate between "life" and "court". In all those cases, as far as I can recall, it was that a defendant would be expected to lie in court, as after all the whole point of pleading not guilty is to keep your ass out of trouble. Note that I am not saying they felt that all people lie in court, just that you can't believe what a defendant says. And that you would be a moron for not lying if you can get away with it. Beating "the man" (especially taxes) is somewhat of a sport in Canada, particularly in some areas like the province I was brought up in (Newfoundland).
People in Canada (or at least an awful lot of them) really did think that it was just sex. And it is still at least somewhat taboo to probe politicians private lives too closely here, unless the politician makes a point of it. Most keep their private lives, including religion, family, etc, very private and that is respected for the most part.
Pretty funny. One of our politician hopefuls, Stockwell Day (party leader who couldn't shut his mouth when he should and got the boot from his own party) was, by Canadian standards, extreme right wing. He went the the US of A to meet Newt and hopefully swap notes and get some synergy. He talked in management speak a lot when he wasn't sounding like an idiot. Anyway, when he returned he looked somewhat in shock and didn't say much at all. I expect Newt thought this "right-wing" canuck was a pinko-commie.
This might give you some idea of why Dubya's "approval" rating in canada approaches zero. The mouse often measures such things when he lives by an elephant. The party in power (Liberal, but actually centrist in position currently) had to threaten its members to keep them from bad mouthing dubya (they kept calling him a moron amongst other things) cause it was making weak relations even worse.