...as jaws continue to drop over here...

[ciroccoj]

Belinda Stronach stuns political observers, moves to Liberals, joins cabinet

Yeah, so some highlights are:

OTTAWA (CP) - The defeat of Paul Martin's Liberal government became less likely Tuesday with the stunning defection of a high-profile Tory MP to the Liberal cabinet. Martin sat beside a smiling Belinda Stronach at a surprise news conference and introduced the rookie parliamentarian as his new human resources minister.

Stronach's departure is a blow to the Tories on several levels - starting with a confidence vote set for Thursday in the House of Commons.

...

In one fell swoop the new Conservative party lost one of its founding members, its trade critic, its strongest left-leaning voice, a leadership aspirant, and a young, female Ontario MP with romantic ties to the party's deputy leader Peter MacKay.


Well. I don't have a thoughtful, considered opinion on What This All Means, and whether it's good or bad for the Liberals, Conservatives, or Canada, and whether she's a principled believer in The Good of the Country or an opportunistic camera-hogging spoiled little princess, but I will say this: it's definitely been an entertaining day in Canadian politics.

And really, how often can you say that?

Comments

[officerjudy.livejournal.com]

Until today, I had no idea she was doing Peter MacKay.

Can't blame her, though. He's a total hottie.

[my-cat-tim.livejournal.com]

LOL! You can't say "it's been an interesting day in Canadian politics" very often! From what I know of her she is quite the spoilt princess, she has not done much with her life, she has no univeristy degree, the only job she has ever held is working for her Dad, I sure would want to see someone with some kind of track record before I elected them for anything!

[my-cat-tim.livejournal.com]

Holy Crap!

That is the longest run on sentence I have written in a long time!

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

LOL!!

And yet it made sense :)