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Souns like liberalism is dying worldwide! As it should, being that it is a failed philosophy.
Belinda Stronach and Paul Martin are made for each other.
Both are hypocrites.
Both have revealed themselves to be -- for all their idealistic blathering -- just two more grubby politicians prepared to do anything for the sake of power.
Neither would know a principled position if it hit them in the face.
For the brief time she was a Conservative, Stronach -- who claimed to have played a key role in uniting the old Alliance and Tory parties -- billed herself as someone who wanted to re-inspire Canadians, especially the young, about politics.
But by crossing the floor to join a corrupt Liberal government yesterday in exchange for a cabinet seat as minister of Human Resources and "democratic renewal," Stronach herself heightened the rampant cynicism that is increasingly turning all Canadians, especially the young, off politics.
A smug and smiling Stronach didn't just betray Conservative Leader Stephen Harper and humiliate Deputy Leader Peter MacKay, both politically and personally. She also betrayed her constituents in the riding of Newmarket-Aurora.
She betrayed everyone who voted for her in the race for the Conservative leadership little more than a year ago.
And in a broader sense, she betrayed every Canadian who wants democracy to be more than just, as American humourist P.J. O'Rourke famously described it, a "parliament of whores," where everyone has a price.
Tomorrow, Stronach will prop up a corrupt Liberal government she voted just nine days ago to defeat.
She will vote in favour of a Liberal budget she has told the House of Commons is "flawed and defective" and built on "an accounting shell game" reminiscent of "Enron and WorldCom."
Laughably, as Martin's minister for democratic renewal, Stronach will -- presuming the Grits survive tomorrow's non-confidence vote -- be responsible for implementing the reforms recommended by Judge John Gomery in connection with AdScam. Ironically, two Tory turncoats are now the voice of the Liberals on AdScam -- Stronach and Scott Brison, who, as Public Works minister, is their point man on the scandal.
Nothing so reveals Martin's real attitude toward the Gomery inquiry that he brags about having created, as his putting Stronach in charge of implementing its recommendations.
He knows that Stronach -- now a national joke and a discredited political neophyte -- will be the last person Canadians will take seriously when it comes to cleaning up Liberal corruption.
What we seem to have in Stronach, both in her previous incarnation as her father's proxy at Magna and now as Martin's fig leaf for AdScam, is a shallow dabbler and dilettante with a short attention span, be it in business, politics or her personal life.
In that sense, while the Conservatives have been damaged by her defection, in the long run they are better off rid of her.
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Please add me. I'm interested in this turn of events. Hopefully, Canada's parliament will become conservative, and Canada and the USA can enjoy a BEEYOOTIFUL friendship together.