I am in favour of them changing their mind when it seems well reasoned. I don't like when it is reactionary to something they got caught with.
The other thing that bothers me is when they come up with a plan/opinion that they didn't think through, defend for a while and then give up and accept what is popular.
Looking at the Land Use Framework that they have now changed a few times, I have heard multiple times through the iterations of the bill that it is perfect and does not do any of the bad things that people are saying only to have them change the bill to eliminate the passage they were defending before starting again. The first bill that came out had a statement that the Act would take precedence over all existing Acts. When it was pointed out that the Land Titles Act was an Act that could be affected and that through this bill they could cancel someones title without recourse they gave speeches clearly talking about the bill and how people were making things up when they imagined that the bill could extinguish a title. A few months later they came out and revised the bill to take precedence over everything except the Land Titles Act.
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