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WINSOR: Not just blowing smoke: Score one for the dinosaur 

Now that our Commoners' constitutional prerogatives have been secured for another day, however, let us look at the remarkable impact that Mr. Kenny and his team have had in nominal defeat -- a case study on how an allegedly creaky institution can be used to mobilize support for sweeping changes in public policy. . .

According to Cynthia Callard, executive director of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, Mr. Kenny and his group "have had a tremendous influence and much of this wouldn't have happened without the support he was able to mobilize."

Not bad for a creaky old dinosaur.

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