No certain defeat

I noted this morning that Bill Siksay's C-389 figures to face some challenges in getting through the Senate. But I don't see them being quite as insurmountable as John Ibbitson seems to think - particularly since the mere fact that Stephen Harper doesn't personally support it didn't serve as reason for the Cons to whip their vote in the House of Commons.

Instead, there would seem to be two obvious means to get the bill through: either by appealing to Cons in the Senate who may be personally supportive of the issue, or by shaming the Cons generally into allowing the bill to pass by turning Ibbitson's analysis into a criticism rather than a fait accompli. And I'd hope both options will be pursued in trying to achieve something positive before Harper pulls the plug on the current Parliament.