Friday, March 23, 2007

On again...for now

As Kenn points out, Nathan Cullen's latest blog post shows plenty of optimism that the committee working on Bill C-30 will be able to "get to the brass tacks" next week and work out an agreed bill to send back to the House of Commons.

Interestingly enough, Cullen refers only obliquely to the Libs' late raft of amendments - but he seems confident enough that one way or another those won't prove to be a problem. We'll have to see whether that's because the NDP and Bloc have managed to conclude that they're worth agreeing to over the course of a day, or because the amendments figure to be voted down...either of which would seem to leave either the Libs or Cons with an excuse to try to make sure next week is no more productive than the end of this one was.

Of course, I hope Cullen is right in being hopeful about the outcome. But given the Libs' and Cons' track record - both in general, and on this committee in particular - it's tough to share that positive outlook.

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