"If you want to actually change people's minds, you have to communicate sure, forcefully, firmly, but respectfully as well," Mike Lake said.

The Ontario Liberals should be applauded for finally seeing the light on this issue — even if it took serious public pressure to get them to come around. Alas, their federal cousins don’t seem to have quite the same perspective.

A second count done Tuesday confirmed the initial poll results: that Amarjeet Sohi won the seat in the riding of Edmonton Mill Woods for the Liberal Party.