Sunday, June 26, 2005

Delaying the inevitable

The Cons plan to delay passage of C-38 as long as they can:
Jay Hill, the Conservative House leader in the Commons, told CTV Question Period on Sunday that “quite a few” of his members will want to have their say before the bill comes to a vote.

Mr. Hill wouldn't say exactly how many speakers he intends to put up, but he noted there were over 70 Tories on the list the last time the topic was debated in May.

Translation: We haven't yet come up with a cuddly, likeable Harper. Give us a couple more weeks and we'll see what we can do.

The more surprising part of the article is that both Valeri and Layton plan to avoid closure on the bill. For Valeri it makes a bit more sense, since presumably the anti-SSM Liberals would be glad to delay passage. For Layton, I know the inclination will be to avoid shutting down debate where possible - but does anybody genuinely believe that we haven't heard enough rhetoric about SSM?

(Edit: typo.)

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