B.C. government offers help to opposition in drafting bills
KAMLOOPS — There’s more than practicality and clever politics behind the government’s offer to help the opposition to draft winning bills.
As a practical matter, it’s inevitable that opposition parties will get together and propose legislation that the government disagrees with. Since the Green and BC Liberal members outnumber the NDP, the proposed legislation would pass.
If they’re going to pass, the bills should be well-written. Attorney-General David Eby says:
“It’s an art to draft effective legislation, and we want to make sure the other parties have access to the professionals, if they are putting forward amendments that might actually pass (Globe and Mail, Oct. 18, 2017).”