A proposed law that would open the door to Vegas-style sports gambling in Canada has run aground in the Senate, which has still not put it to a vote two years after the new law received all-party approval in the House of Commons.

It’s a rare example of pushback from an unelected body believed never to have blocked a law supported by all parties. It’s also the latest and most extreme example of a private member’s bill that won the government’s support and received little scrutiny in the House. Partly because of that lack of debate, several senators, including Conservatives, reacted angrily to the bill.

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