 UFA members also objected to the concept of a caucus , in which MLAs from one party debate policy behind closed doors . They believed that the role of an MLA was to represent the views of his or her constituents directly on the floor of the Legislature . This belief too proved problematic to the government . The <unk> 's Act had been adopted by the Liberal government to provide low @-@ interest loans to dairy farmers . It was unpopular among farmers , and Greenfield 's government aimed to amend it . Many UFA backbenchers , however , wanted to see it repealed all together , but because of their objection to caucus discussions Greenfield was not aware of this by the time his amendments came to the floor of the legislature . They passed through the house with little debate , until just after third reading , when one of the backbenchers rose to ask if the time had come to speak against the bill . Brownlee suggested that , in view of the legislators ' inexperience with parliamentary procedure , the legislature consider the motion to adopt the bill on third reading as not yet having passed , that debate might ensue . This suggestion adopted , several UFA members attacked the Act . They were joined in this by the Liberals , despite the fact that it was a Liberal act that had been co @-@ authored by Boyle . In the end , the bill passed only by virtue of the support of the four Labour members . 
