One of my favourite radio talk show hosts, Rollye James is back on the air. The other night on her program she went through the 3 amendments that she would like to see to the constitution. Now, these amendments are for the US constitution, but these 3 things can be applied here in Canada or anywhere around the world for that matter.
Government is too big. Politicians and political parties often don’t have the public’s best interest in hand when passing bills in the house of commons. Rollye’s ideas would would change all this. The 3 amendments are as follows:
Lawmakers Must Agree to Live Under The Previsions of Every Bill They Passed
If they had to live under what they voted for, things would be very different. It would help with insurance premiums which is a hot button issue here in Ontario right now.
No Unrelated Items Onto Bills At Hand
A lot of the ridiculous spending that happens occurs when things are added onto existing bills. These items usually have nothing to do with what is being voted on. Studies like whether Yoga is effective in reducing hot flashes in menopausal women… or the studies that continuously show time and time again that smoking is bad for you etc…
Every bill should stand on it’s own. If it’s good enough to pass, it should be good enough to stand on it’s own.
Every Lawmaker Must Read The Entire Bill Before They Vote On It
This goes hand in hand with the above point. I recently saw a film called Whipped: The Secret World of Party Discipline. In this film, they mention that politicians often only have 20 minutes or so to read over a 400 page document that they are about to vote on. Of course, this is impossible to do. This would also make them shorter because… who is going to want to read all of that?
The flip side here is… how do you enforce this rule? Will there be a test? I suppose it’s just the spirit of the law.
It’s great to have Rollye back on the air… even if it’s only on the internet. She is a strong voice for all this who advocate for freedom. Now… if we could only get Art Bell out of retirement.