G-E01
A 2019 BC bill names a wrong section reference from a 1996 law revision.
Limits: Section 2 of the bill concerns the Adult Guardianship Act. The bill shows that an error was noted. It does not prove when the fix became law.
Find and fix errors in laws
Publish laws in a form people and computers can read. Keep old versions. Show each error, who must fix it, and when.
Our argument
People should not have to guess at a law because it points to the wrong clause. We want checks for broken links, lost text and wrong versions. A typo fix is not a policy change.
What must change
Publish laws in a form people and computers can read. Keep old versions. Show each error, who must fix it, and when.
What a win looks like
Errors are easy to report, fixes have owners and dates, and old versions stay available.
Public cost
We have not yet priced this ask for the public purse. Any public aid must be priced before we seek funds for it.
The evidence
G-E02
Canada has a programme to fix agreed errors in federal laws.
Limits: The programme’s name is MSLA. Its existence does not tell us how often laws are wrong. A proposed fix is not a law until it is passed.
G-E03
Justice Canada keeps a list of spelling and grammar fixes in laws.
Limits: A text fix is not the same as changing what a law requires. Nor does a typo prove that a law is void.
Studies and notes
Research note
How we will check a broken law reference
A repeatable test for a narrow claim, with room for the finding to be wrong.
Read the note ↗What we need to check
Test a sample of laws at each level of government. Check the signed text and each change. Get a second reader to check each finding.
Read the study plan ↗Updates
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