PP fighting the good fight for the common man
https://nationalpost.com/news/politi...prime-minister
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According to a press release obtained by the National Post ahead of release, Conservative leadership front-runner would pass the law to require government publications use the “fewest and simplest words needed” to state information but also require legal drafters to write laws as simply as possible.
It would also make plain language skills a job requirement for new hires who are expected to write for the government and make sure bilingual language training for public servants teaches “language that ordinary people speak, not academic or bureaucratic jargon.”
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As an example, it points to the government’s online content style guide, which recommends that the word “obtain” should be replaced by “get” to make it simpler. But a search of the government’s website turns up more than 441,000 results for the word “obtain.”
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If there is one thing we need it is to have laws written in the most simple way possible.