Rock On Belinda!!

You can't vote Reform! those Right-Wing Religious NutBars are out to frigging lunch!!

You made a Good-CHOICE!!

Cheers, Billy ;))

In your face Harper. Belinda should get
the Order of Canada. It took guts to follow her convictons. Pass a tissue to Peter.

re:Belinda Stonach

I would agree that the lady is seeking to further her own agenda with crossing the floor to join with the Liberals. But in reality all of the politicians are serving their own agendas. They are aligned with a party, but they all serve their own needs in one way or another. This is nothing new. Steven Harper obviously has his own agenda, and that is to topple the government at any cost. By joining the Bloc Quebecois who open wishes to seperate from the country has Mr Harper not in fact betrayed the rest of the country. The west like it or not is a part of that country and I for one am very disturbed at his approach and his reasoning. I consider his actions as being against the good of the nation as a whole simply so he can bring down the liberals and hopefully become the next prime minister.
The fact that Ms Stronach is already an extremely powerful woman privately shows that she has nothing to offer but her own ideals to change. She does not need politics to be successful.
We see only what we are shown in the news and I am sure that there is more to this than what we have been told.
Personally I would support Ms Stronach, not because she is who she is but by all appearances she is doing the right thing because she believes it is the right thing to do. Her timing could be political suicide and yet she has still done it, and that is a pretty gutsy thing to do.

"Convictions"? Excuse me while I collapse in laughter. Her use of federalism as justification for jumping ship is laughable -- the longer the federal Liberals stay in power, the more popular the Bloc and PQ get in Quebec. If Belinda really thought the country was more important than partisanship, she would've done her damndest to bring down a government that should've fallen a long time ago.

Well Belinda wasen't going to be leader of the consertive party,so..... maybe leader of the liberal party...very shallow and sneaky she looks good on the liberano's and I guess she is o k with the graft and corruption as long as she gets a job that she hasen't the depth or experience to do big paulie and her were nearly laughed out of their press conference.. very appropreiate ..send in the clowns

Congratulations to both Belinda and Paul, This move has been a stroke of genius. Mr. Harper needs to "suck it up" and accept that in spite of his incessant whining he has been out manouvered, out witted,and out played. If you choose to play and throw rocks with the big guys, you should be prepared to receive dramatic response. The snivelling comments from linguistic giants in the Harper camp have cemented the right wing, "women don't speak here" politics which we have witnessed throughout the Harper organisation. Belinda has no need to be the leader of the party, she chooses not to be one of the faithful, impotent followers of a mediocre leader. She will I hope be a major contributor in the future politics of Canada. This woman has come from a very successful business upbringing and career where results count, not just playing the game.

Sounds a lot like Senator Jeffords to me...

Her career is finished, when the Conservatives retake power in Canada...

It appears Cher Gruener is not the sharpest knife in the drawer. The press were laughing at Martin saying it had nothing to do with the vote because it was obvious sarcasm. So obvious in fact, it's a wonder the author of this "fine" (see, there it is again!) article didn't manage to grasp it him/herself.