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Drafting Techniques

The OPC's Drafting Techniques Group produces recommendations and papers from time to time on particular drafting issues.

• Drafting Techniques Group recommendations  [PDF 128KB, 12 pages]
  
  
• Clarity [PDF 291KB, 20 pages]
  
  
• Gender-Neutral Drafting [PDF 130KB, 6 pages]
  
  
• Shall [PDF 196KB, 24 pages]

Also attached is a note by First Parliamentary Counsel about the implementation of gender-neutral drafting  [PDF 84 KB, 3 pages]