I prize every candle in the darkness of the universe, even if it is not a supernova of blinding illumination. - Tom Flanagan

But if politics is an art, it is not like sculpture or painting, where one side acts and the other is passive material. It is more like drama without a script, or dance without choreography - in other words, improvisation. Either player may surprise us again with a new move.

Finally, it should also be noted that the very existence of a bicameral legislature is itself another defence of the status quo.

For the foreseeable future, Canada will have to be functionally bimetric, as well as a bilingual, country.