They seemed not to have enough influence on it because if a government tabl
es legislation from then on it just seems to b
e sort of lockstep, everybody salute on command, t
he legislation then goes in and amendments from opposition parties generally are not accepted. When the Liberals took power, to
their credit, they said that they wanted to ...[+++] do something about that and they thought, and I believe those members who supported it thought correctly, that if a committee could be involved in a bill prior to its final etching in stone, so to speak, there would be more ready openness to actually shaping the bill according to the wishes of the legislators.
Les libéraux semblaient ne pas exercer suffisamment d'influence, car, si un gouvernement présente un projet de loi, tout semble s'enchaîner à partir de ce moment-là, tout le monde acquiesce, le projet de loi est adopté et, en général, les modifications proposées par les partis d'opposition ne sont pas acceptées.