Members of Provincial Parliament are losing their personal power in a struggle with party leaders who centralize authority inexorably. Interviewed in his ground-floor office of the legislature, directly underneath the premier’s office and two floors below the opposition leader’s office, Levac frets about “the power that they wield” over MPPs. He struggled to maintain control during the bitterly-divided 2011-14 minority legislature, then presided over the fractious majority years that followed. Now he frets about post-election stasis if there’s another minority legislature with no clear winner. The challenge, as party leaders hoard power and independent officers build empires, is that the ordinary MPPs who are supposed to be the ultimate lawmakers are increasingly less supreme.

Source: thestar April 30, 2018 23:13 UTC