Cue the violin
Today's papers report that the Senate will sit
through July to pass same-sex marriage and budget numbers.
The House of Commons reconvenes at the end of September, but His Nibs Paul Martin has promised an election once the Gomery Inquiry into the corruption tainting his Liberal Party is released -- meaning there'll likely be no chance for any actual Parliamentary work to get done.
Where does that leave us?
The trans rights bill, C-392, an act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (gender identity), will go poof! It's a
private member's bill, and didn't get debated because it didn't win the lottery that chooses the lucky few allowed to go forward. And I doubt it will happen in the fall given the time frame.
And the
solicitation subcommittee will be dissolved, again (this was its second incarnation), and the repeal of prostitution and bathhouse laws will be forgotten. Sickening, isn't it?