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  Belinda Stronach (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Belinda Stronach Belinda Stronach (born May 2, 1966 in Newmarket, Ontario) is a Canadian businessperson, politician and a Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament (MP) in the Canadian House of Commons.
Casting Stronach as a "heiress" with a "coddled career" - to the point of joking comparisons to Paris Hilton - and the attention paid to her physical appearance and personal life, could be seen as patronizing and sexist.
Stronach is elected as leader of the Conservative Party, social conservatives will no longer have a voice in Canada." http://www.realwomenca.com.cob-web.org:8888/alerts.htm Stronach, for her part, promised that after the leadership race she would do her best to keep the party from moving too far to the right.
belinda-stronach.kiwiki.homeip.net.cob-web.org:8888   (1415 words)

  
 Stronach Groped by Sexist Scrum :: thetyee.ca
Stronach should rise or fall on the strength of her platform and abilities, but that's far less entertaining than the fact that "she's hot!" It seems all we need to know in order to box her up and dismiss her is the colour of her hair.
Belinda Stronach deserves to fly or crash based on her abilities and experience, NOT the colour of her hair or the fact that she's "hot" (a matter of taste and opinion anyhow).
Belinda is for the people but if she is not able to become leader or change the Conservative Party then she should join the NDP's because Belinda reminds me of an NDP Politician.
thetyee.ca /Views/2004/02/03/Stronach_Groped_by_Sexist_Scrum   (5589 words)

  
 Stephen Taylor - Conservative Party of Canada Pundit: Belinda Stronach, I call BS
Belinda Stronach, I call BS Today, Belinda Stronach announced that she will not be seeking the leadership of the Liberal Party.
Stronach had a two pronged strategy for tipping the race in her favour: youth politics and the 100 point ridings.
Belinda Stronach, on the other hand, has made a complete 180-degree-turn and is showing significant ideological inconsistency regarding how she believes party leaders should be elected.
www.stephentaylor.ca /archives/000576.html   (1210 words)

  
 Belinda Stronach
Ga-ga over blonde‘ Conservative’; MP Belinda Stronach from the get go, the Canadian media were long on Belinda’s looks and short on her substance when she ran unsuccessfully for leadership of the Canadian Conservative Party.
With the mainline media mesmerized by Conservative MP Belinda Stronach’s recent defection to the Liberal Party of Canada, lost from the limelight was why the Liberals would put a rookie in charge of the government till.
Belinda Stronach’s crossing the floor to the Liberals comes as no surprise to me, as I have long held the view that ‘Crossing Belinda’ was a Liberal time bomb in the Conservative Party.
www.canadafreepress.com /belinda-stronach.htm   (663 words)

  
 Belinda Stronach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Belinda Caroline Stronach, PC, MP (born May 2, 1966 in Newmarket, Ontario) is a Canadian businesswoman, politician, and a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) in the Canadian House of Commons.
Stronach is honorary chair of the Southlake Regional Health Centre fundraising campaign and a former honorary chair of the Howdown fundraising campaign.
Stronach is elected as leader of the Conservative Party, social conservatives will no longer have a voice in Canada." [6] Stronach, for her part, promised after the leadership race that she would do her best to keep the party from moving too far to the right.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belinda_Stronach   (3722 words)

  
 Youth-Stronach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Stronach, an Ontario MP and former cabinet minister, said she hasn't made up her mind yet but is seriously considering a bid for the party's top job.
Stronach said she'd like to be part of renewing the Liberal party, adding a strong race with several candidates would be part of that process.
Stronach was quick to snap back Wednesday at Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other Tories who are fuming at the ethics commissioner's recent decision to investigate David Emerson's nomination as a Tory cabinet minister - just days after being elected as a Liberal - but not Stronach's defection.
www.recorder.ca /cp/National/060308/n0308123A.html   (644 words)

  
 Center for Global Development : About CGD: Board of Directors: Belinda Stronach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Belinda Stronach is Member of Parliament for Newmarket-Aurora (Ontario), International Trade Critic for the Official Opposition in Canada and Member of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
Stronach was elected to the Board of Directors of Magna International Inc. in 1988 and served as a director until January 20, 2004.
Stronach is also a director of the Yves Landry Foundation, established to advance technological education and skills training for the manufacturing industry.
www.cgdev.org /section/about/board/stronach   (305 words)

  
 Belinda Stronach 1966— - BORN INTO THE BUSINESS, CUSTODIAN OF THE CULTURE
Belinda Stronach was raised in Newmarket, Ontario, north of Toronto and close to Aurora, the location of the corporate headquarters of her father Frank's hugely successful auto-parts company Magna International.
As head of the executive strategy committee, Stronach presided over the five principal worldwide subsidiaries, which were further overseen by the board of directors—of which her father was the chair.
Stronach's father Frank predicted that her entry into politics was only temporary, and that she would be back at Magna International within five to 10 years.
www.referenceforbusiness.com /biography/S-Z/Stronach-Belinda-1966.html   (1130 words)

  
 On eve of non-confidence vote: Canada: Tory MP defects to Liberals
In a prepared statement, Stronach claimed she was acting in the “national interest.” By aligning with the pro-Quebec independence Bloc Québécois in a drive to bring down the Liberal government, the Conservatives, argued Stronach, are placing the future of Canada’s federal state at risk.
Stronach also implied that Harper, who has been a strong advocate of greater power and autonomy for Canada’s western provinces, especially Alberta, and who has led the Conservatives in a hysterical campaign against gay marriage, is too associated with the West and social conservatism to lead a national government.
Three weeks before Belinda Stronach, the MP for Magna International, came to the rescue of the Martin Liberal government, the NDP struck a deal with the Liberals, who during their almost 12 years in office have systematically dismantled the welfare state while redistributing the national income in favour of the rich.
www.wsws.org /articles/2005/may2005/can-m19.shtml   (1383 words)

  
 AEI - Short Publications
Stronach's decision to cross the floor will be remembered as one of the most spectacular acts of political misjudgment since Joe Clark called down a leadership race upon himself in 1983.
At the Conservative convention in Montreal, Belinda's reception was the hottest and most glamorous, as she herself was the most glamorous figure on Parliament Hill.
Stronach may well be right that her story demonstrates the need for "renewal" in Canadian public life.
www.aei.org /publications/pubID.22545,filter.all/pub_detail.asp   (1058 words)

  
 Conservative Stronach joins Liberals
Belinda Stronach, who ran for the leadership of the Conservative party in early 2004, has crossed the floor to the Liberal party and will sit in Paul Martin's cabinet.
Stronach's father, Magna founder Frank Stronach, ran unsuccessfully for the federal Liberals in 1988 when John Turner was leader of the party.
Stronach said she broached the matter with former Ontario premier David Peterson, who is a family friend, after running into him and his wife at an event in Toronto last week.
www.cbc.ca /canada/story/2005/05/17/stronach-liberals050517.html   (1816 words)

  
 Belinda Stronach on David T. Nicholson's Wednesday-Night.com
Belinda Stronach, Liberal star and erstwhile Conservative, appears to be in trouble in her riding of Newmarket-Aurora.
Belinda Stronach showed just how deep her pockets are by spending at least $2.5 million in her losing bid for the Conservative party leadership 18 months ago while giving generously to a competitor. 
Stronach`s power play electrifies CNN pundits She stunned a nation, broke her boyfriend`s heart, infuriated the federal Conservatives and almost single-handedly saved Canada`s Liberal government — which made Belinda Stronach CNN`s Political Play of the Week.
www.wednesday-night.com /belinda.asp   (964 words)

  
 Toronto Life: The Belinda Stronach Defense   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
She wore little makeup, and her honey blond hair was shoved artlessly behind her ears, as though she were a student on a break from studying—an apt comparison since she was spending the week in French immersion.
Stronach is deft at deflecting personal questions, especially those reflecting her family’s wealth, estimated at $625 million.
Stronach confesses to missing her $9-million paycheque (with bonuses and stock options) but has been donating her $213,000 minister’s pay to provide scholarships for students.
www.torontolife.com /features/the-belinda-stronach-defense   (1258 words)

  
 Belinda Stronach defects to LIbrals!!!! Free Dating, Singles and Personals
Stronach said she left the party because she doesn't want to defeat the government on the budget with the help of the Bloc Quebecois.
Stronach also said she didn't think Harper is "truly sensitive" to the needs and the complexities of Canada.
Stronach has not changed one bit....it is the pendulum of politics which covers her in a different light now.
forums.plentyoffish.com /datingPosts855505.aspx   (2229 words)

  
 Belittling Belinda :: thetyee.ca
Belinda is not standing by her man. (See number 1.) Although it’s curious that the Conservatives would bring up the issue of loyalty given that they seem to have misunderstood their role as Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition.
Belinda Stronach was the best hope the Conservatives had to pretend that they weren't all a bunch of theocratic neanderthals.
Belinda who can't have an independent opinion without a teleprompter suddenly has a flash of consciousness in which she is compelled to do "the right thing" and switch horses.
www.thetyee.ca /Views/2005/05/18/BelittlingBelinda   (10056 words)

  
 Belinda Stronach
Stronach, or Belinda as she likes to be referred to, later lambasted the media for concentrating on her good looks and fashion sense.
And let’s face it, Belinda is anything but dead and the last thing that she resembles is a straight line.
Stronach plays up the facts that although she and her family are filthy rich she went to public schools in Newmarket of all places and that her family didn’t have their own swimming pool when most of her neighbours did.
www.canadafreepress.com /2004/weinreb020204.htm   (846 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Americas | Canada defection helps government
Mr Martin said Belinda Stronach had quit the Conservatives and would vote with the government on a key motion.
Ms Stronach, 39, is to become the minister of human resources in Mr Martin's coalition.
Conservative leader Stephen Harper admitted the loss of Ms Stronach, who ran to lead her old party early last year, made it harder for the opposition to achieve its goal of early elections.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/4556349.stm   (372 words)

  
 Belinda Stronach Wins Nomination for Canadian Race - bloodhorse.com
Date Posted: 3/10/2004 8:31:59 AM Last Updated: 3/11/2004 5:36:18 PM Belinda Stronach, daughter of Magna International owner Frank Stronach, won the Conservative Party nomination in Canada March 9 over Lois Brown, a long-time Canadian Alliance worker.
Belinda Stronach is the former chairman of Magna.
Stronach, who hopes to become prime minister of the country, is challenging former Alliance leader Stephen Harper and former Ontario Tory health minister Tony Clement for the leadership.
www.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=21160   (162 words)

  
 CIVITATENSIS » Blog Archive » Belinda’s Titles
But I want to comment about Stronach’s new titles and “responsibilities.” They are significant because they betray what we all know to be at the foundation of Stronach’s swift political move, a personal lust for power (see here, here and here).
Stronach will also be in charge of “democratic renewal.” This is a new phrase for the tired and forgotten promises Martin made about dealing with a “democratic deficit.” But since that has already been promised and left by the wayside, it would hardly be appropriate to remind voters by using the same formula.
Stronach has no expertise or experience in the inner workings of the parliamentary systems, its traditions, its strengths and its flaws, except as they are closely related to her personal calculations to advance her own renewal.
www.civitatensis.ca /archives/2005/05/18/319   (1330 words)

  
 Belinda Stronach takes over as Magna president Nicol departs in 2nd management shuffle in less than a year - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Stronach, 35, as chief executive officer and vice-chairman and Mr.
Stronach's predecessor as chief executive officer, Donald Walker, was in the job for several years until resigning from that position last February to head up the Intier unit, with a deal that included his purchase of an ownership stake in Intier.
Stronach, but they were divorced several years ago.
workoplis.com.cob-web.org:8888 /servlet/News/fasttrack/20020115/RMAGN   (782 words)

  
 Belinda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Belinda Stronach is a Liberal Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons.
Belinda Carlisle is the lead vocalist for the rock and roll band The Go-Go's and also a solo artist.
Justice Belinda Ang is a judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Belinda   (165 words)

  
 Poll: Is Belinda Stronach Canada's 21st century Cleopatra
In your opinion, is the break-up of Belinda Stronach new MP for the federal Liberals and Peter McKay of the Conservative Party
The majority of British Columbians in this poll comprised of relatively equal numbers of men and women are of the opinion that the break-up of former Conservative MP Belinda Stronach and Conservative MP Peter McKay is political.
Stronach moved from the Conservatives to the federal Liberal party to “further her political ambitions.”
www.robbinssceresearch.com /polls/poll_173.html   (215 words)

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