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Originally Posted by mcj
It's pretty clear that there's way too many people out there that don't understand how our government functions. Most of their work gets done outside of sitting parliament, just like most regular people's work gets done outside of meetings.  |
There's definitely a mindset out there that elected officials need to prove their value by voting more and passing more legislation, and the more voting they do and the more legislation that gets passed the better they are at their job.
Elected officials aren't manufacturing workers meant to pump out bills. They're more like executives and managers. The manager who's smoothing out the creases in the background is far better than the manager who's enacting new policies for employees every week in order to make themselves look like they're doing something.
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Originally Posted by WarrenC12
No, but they did have an option to sit this fall and get a few of their easy promises through ($1000 checks!) but chose not to.
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It remains to be seen how the NDP government decides to proceed with having only 46 seats and the speaker's chair. If they keep with Westminster tradition and no Green or Conservative wants to support their "easy" promises, they might not be so easy.
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