Considering all the problems, it’s strange — as the legislature takes a one-week break before the sitting draws to a close — how little the NDP government got done.

One of the key measures is the number of bills introduced and passed. Premier David Eby’s government has managed to shepherd just 11 of them close to the finish line since February. A handful of those are fairly routine amendments.

Some won’t view this as an issue. Considering how small the NDP’s margin of victory was last fall, there’s a big camp of people who feel the less the NDP does the better.

But you’d think a brand new government fresh off an election would arrive at the legislature bursting with new ideas requiring new bills.

Even with the scanty list of bills to be debated, the politicians have still managed to argue for hours, to the point where the government has warned it will cut off debate and force passage of five bills in the last week of the month.

Eby acknowledged the low production recently in a media scrum. He blamed it on two things: the number of rookies in the house and the Opposition talking too........

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