Speaking to a Parliamentary Committee

Today I was a witness on legislation before Parliament. It's a curious experience and while I have done it before, every time I attend I am struck at the importance, and un importance, of the attendance.

Un importance because most witnesses say exactly what you think they'll say. It might as well be called Question Period Redux -- it's just people taking positions without any impact at all on the legislation. No witness will ever convince whoever is the government to make a major policy shift.

But ... .

Importance because the Committees do listen and, if the points raised are technical and do not conflict with broader policy, those points may well be adopted by the Committee and find their way into legislation.

Sometimes it's good to reach for low hanging fruit because if you reach for the higher up stuff you'll just go hungry.
James Morton
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