This is a critically important issue that you raise. Well organized democracies have standing committees that provide time for thoughful discussion and automatically ensure transparency.
May I make one suggestion that would form part of a solution.
Increase the number of members of the House to between 60 and 70.
Standing committees are made up of backbenchers. In our curent House nearly all the Liberals are in Cabinet. There are no liberal backbenchers to sit on standing committees. I believe that in any democracy the bachbench should always be larger than the Cabinet.
Ed,
This is a critically important issue that you raise. Well organized democracies have standing committees that provide time for thoughful discussion and automatically ensure transparency.
May I make one suggestion that would form part of a solution.
Increase the number of members of the House to between 60 and 70.
Standing committees are made up of backbenchers. In our curent House nearly all the Liberals are in Cabinet. There are no liberal backbenchers to sit on standing committees. I believe that in any democracy the bachbench should always be larger than the Cabinet.
Your thoughts?