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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Tue May 17, 2005 @ 8:09pm |
 Coolness: 145295 | OTTAWA (CP) - The defeat of the Paul Martin government became less likely with the stunning defection of a high-profile Tory MP into the Liberal cabinet on Tuesday.
Martin sat beside a smiling Belinda Stronach at a surprise news conference and introduced her as his new human resources minister. The prime minister also said she will be in charge of implementing clean-government measures after the sponsorship inquiry reports. Stronach's departure is a blow to the Tories on several levels - starting with a confidence vote Thursday in the House of Commons. The government can now likely survive with the support of just two Independent MPs, instead of all three. There was laughter at a news conference when the prime minister said the move wasn't about guaranteeing him victory Thursday. "I've got to tell you, I can count," Martin said to snickers. "The significance is that on Thursday, members of Parliament will stand and will be counted in the most-watched vote of the last 25 years." If the Liberals were hoping to weaken their rivals on the eve of the crucial vote, they couldn't have scripted a more dramatic defection. In one fell swoop the new Conservative party lost one of its founding figures, its trade critic, its loudest left-leaning voice, a leadership aspirant, a young, female Ontario MP with personal ties to the party's deputy leader Peter MacKay. Conservative Leader Stephen Harper sounded less than enthusiastic about his chances of toppling the Liberal government. "Obviously, Belinda's actions today make the defeat of the government on Thursday much less likely," Harper said. "But it doesn't in any way change the principled position that our caucus has taken on this issue." Stronach let it be known for weeks that she was unhappy with the Tory leader's decision to seek an election. She said the Tories should have delayed an election until the party had grown in Quebec. The separatist Bloc Quebecois is currently poised to sweep the province. "I find myself at a crossroads forced on me by the decision of the leader of the Conservative party to try to force the defeat of this government," she said. "I've been uncomfortable for some time with the direction the leader of the Conservative party has been taking." Stronach voiced those disaffections last week when she met former Ontario Liberal premier David Peterson at a public event in Toronto. Peterson promptly called Tim Murphy, a former Ontario Liberal MPP and now the No. 1 official in the Prime Minister's Office. By Monday evening, Stronach and Martin were working out a deal over dinner at 24 Sussex Drive. After that meeting, she called MacKay, to whom she had been romantically linked, and told him what had happened. MacKay was gobsmacked, said one of his confidants. He picked up the phone and broke the news to Harper on Tuesday morning. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Tue May 17, 2005 @ 11:02pm |
 Coolness: 150555 | *Rubs eyes*
Wow! That's pretty big. Mind you i'm not sure if that will change anything on Thursday, I think the Liberals are Fucked regardless. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Wed May 18, 2005 @ 12:39am |
| Coolness: 145295 | i don t think so, cause its tied now and i think the speaker of the house is a liberal...so they might be ok actually |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» cinderella_soul replied on Wed May 18, 2005 @ 10:32am |
 Coolness: 56295 | Besides, do you know how many humans would vote liberal considering their liberal move to have a woman who will monitor the finances. Lots of women and men too, thinking that that's exactly what the liberals need -- a women. Lots of people thinking that hiring a women under the present circumstances is a smart political move. More and more people are thinking like politicians. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» fishead replied on Thu May 19, 2005 @ 7:42pm |
 Coolness: 75765 | oh... this is about politics??
lame... THIS Belinda is way cooler... WAY cooler.... [ www.belindabedekovic.com ] |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Thu May 19, 2005 @ 8:38pm |
 Coolness: 339760 | i find it funny how all the conservatives called her a whore and a prostitute. horray for sexism.! :D |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» flatlinedive replied on Thu May 19, 2005 @ 10:09pm |
 Coolness: 64000 | but didn't ya know neo, any time a woman makes a rational decision she's a whore.
and i love how all the news stories include some bullshit quote about how broken up Peter Mackay is by all this......how is their personal "thing" of any relevance to her career choices? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Lone_Star replied on Thu May 19, 2005 @ 11:16pm |
 Coolness: 153150 | Originally posted by BASDINI...
i don t think so, cause its tied now and i think the speaker of the house is a liberal...so they might be ok actually Speaker isn't liberal he votes for the status quo of the house. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform replied on Thu May 19, 2005 @ 11:32pm |
| Coolness: 339760 | Originally posted by FLAT.LINE.DIVE...
but didn't ya know neo, any time a woman makes a rational decision she's a whore. and i love how all the news stories include some bullshit quote about how broken up Peter Mackay is by all this......how is their personal "thing" of any relevance to her career choices? hahaha, soooo true.. ;) |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer replied on Fri May 20, 2005 @ 6:06am |
 Coolness: 92360 | It seems like everyone in human resources is a woman. They tend to be more... community oriented. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Sat May 28, 2005 @ 11:48pm |
| Coolness: 145295 | i always liked her anyway...
looks like Mr harper got fukt, wonder how long he will be leader of the opposition for? |
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