Conservative senators need to do their jobs

My column this week on Loonie Politics looks at some of the machinations in a Senate committee whereby Conservative senators opted not to do their constitutional duty to amend legislation, but simply alert the government as to a problem with the bill so that they can fix it in separate legislation before the flawed bill comes into force. What is especially curious is that shortly after this was posted, a spokesperson from the Senate Leader's office called me to explain their position as having done their due diligence by ensuring that the Commons could put through corrective legislation. I don't agree, based on my own study of the constitution and the institution, but it's nice to know that it got noticed pretty quickly.