[CaptainCrunch]

The opposition is not there to make the government more electable, which is what would happen if the opposition did the government's job for it.

Yes we are on opposite pages.

If I'm in the opposition, I'm not there to make the government look better, I'm not there to do their jobs for them.

I am there as the so called opposition and voice of criticism to act as a slow down of stopping point for government policies.

The opposition isn't and really shouldn't be doing any platform work until an election.

The only time that the opposition really does anything like what you've talked about is either when they present a bill of their own, to get it on the record that its their idea, or during things like opposition days.

Hey I think it would be awesome if a private member of the opposition submitted a votible opposition budget. Of course it would be voted down, by the government in place, but it they adopted any part of the so called voted down budget then you could point to that in an election campaign.

But the oppositions job is not to prop up or help out the government in place, its to keep the public informed of what they're doing and act as a check and balance against them.