Belinda Stronach Leaving Federal Politics

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A short but rocky stint in federal politics is now over for Belinda Stronach. Stronach says she won't stand for re-election and is planning to return to the business world as executive vice-chairwoman of Magna International. Her father, Frank Stronach, is the founder and chairman of Magna. Stronach has made headlines consistently during her three year roller-coaster ride as as an MP. She garnered much media attention with her run for the leadership of the Conservative party, then again when she defected to the Liberals, in addition to stories about her romantic connections to Peter MacKay and Tie Domi.

Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 12:15:17 AM

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Bill and Belinda’s excellent adventure

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As potential girlfriends go, Belinda Stronach would rank as a true catch. She is single, youngish (she just turned 40), attractive, wealthy, impeccably well-connected and politically ambitious - glamorous in every respect. Two years ago, Time magazine listed her as one of the 100 most powerful people on the planet. The tabloids cut to the chase: they called her the "blonde bombshell" or "Bubba's blonde." Bubba, of course, is Bill Clinton. He has been photographed with Stronach (right) several times. The sightings seem to be getting more frequent, leading to press speculation that their relationship has moved beyond official "friendship"...

Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 12:15:17 AM

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Spector Tags Stronach With 'B' Word

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Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's former chief of staff Norman Spector thinks federal Liberal parliamentarian Belinda Stronach is a "bitch." Speaking with CKNW's Bill Good yesterday morning about Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay's refusal to apologize for allegedly suggesting Stronach was a dog, Spector said, "I think she's a bitch. It's as simple as that. And I think that 90 per cent of men would probably say she's a bitch for the way she's broken up [retired hockey player] Tie Domi's home and the way she dumped Peter MacKay. She is a bitch." 24 hours' Bill Tieleman, who was sharing the...

Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 12:15:17 AM

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Oh, what a dog's breakfast (amusing feminist clap-trap on Belinda Stronach's behalf)

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Oh, what a dog's breakfast Peter MacKay's taunts at Belinda Stronach should come back to bite him. He should be cast into the doghouse By Dianne Rinehart The Hamilton Spectator Oct 28, 2006 There's a bigger issue behind Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay's alleged reference to Liberal MP Belinda Stronach as a dog than misogyny -- though that is surely bad enough coming from a former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. There's the issue of whether our foreign affairs minister has the "right stuff" -- in this case, maturity and a recognition of the fragility of women's human...

Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 12:15:17 AM

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Barb needles local knitters (This dog won't knit!)

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Belinda Stronach's use of the K word an insult to 'pretty dynamic bunch' of yarn masters The nation is still waiting for Belinda Stronach's apology for her vicious, uncalled for slur against those who knit. Not one slur, but two. The pampered, privileged, millionaire princess wants an apology from Peter MacKay for allegedly referring to her as a dog in the House of Commons. Never mind Peter MacKay -- you, Ms. Stronach, get off your royal buns right now and show you have what you say he hasn't, and apologize to the knitters of Canada and the world. "She did...

Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 12:15:17 AM

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Stronach remark dogs MacKay ( as usual, Liberals barking up wrong tree)

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Stronach remark dogs MacKay cnews.canoe.ca October 20, 2006 By ALEXANDER PANETTA OTTAWA (CP) - Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay referred to Liberal MP Belinda Stronach - his ex-girlfriend - as a dog Thursday in the House of Commons, the Liberals say. MacKay denies saying any such thing. The purported slur prompted Toronto-area Liberal Mark Holland to lodge a complaint with the Commons Speaker, and other Liberals expressed disgust at the alleged remark. Holland says the foreign minister made the slur while exchanging jeers with the Liberals during a debate on the environment. While the government was being peppered with...

Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 12:15:17 AM

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Trading places (Belinda Stronach has slid while former boyfriend Peter MacKay has soared.)

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Belinda Stronach has slid while former boyfriend Peter MacKay has soared. Their failures and successes speak to the shifts in political mood.There was a moment in May 2005 when it appeared as though Belinda Stronach had managed, with a little help from her friends, to catapult herself over the entire Canadian political landscape, coming down, to considerable fanfare, among the top decision-makers in government. Without a shred of real political experience, without ever having held a job she was not appointed to by her father, without even a university degree, Stronach had claimed credit for uniting the right, placed second...

Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 12:15:17 AM

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Info on Clinton's girlfriend

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Since there is much buzz these days about an apparent relationship between Bill Clinton and Canada's Belinda Stronach, some of you might find it amusing to see just what kind of person she is. Click on the source URL to get to a list of articles about her. You will be amazed. Most of them were written durring the time she was running for the leadership of Canada's Conservative Party. After she lost the leadership race, she was elected an MP and became a member of the opposition cabinet. She basicly did next to nothing there, then jumped ship to...

Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 12:15:17 AM

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Washington Post Hints That Clinton Has a Girlfriend ( follows the N Y Slimes..damage control?)

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The Washington Post today follows up the Times frontpager on the Clinton marriage with a column by veteran political commentator David Broder, titled "The Shadow of a Marriage," in which Broder hints that Bill Clinton has a girlfriend. He does so in a passage that critiques the Times piece: It touched only lightly on the former president's friendship with Canadian politician Belinda Stronach. Then Broder says that the character of the Clinton marriage is the "elephant in the room" with Senator Clinton—and thus, fair game in the political process. I genuinely wish the Clintons luck on this one. I'm never...

Published on Friday 30th of July 2010 12:15:17 AM

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Liberals put party before the people (Canada: obvious headline - great article!)

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TORONTO SUN Sat, December 3, 2005 Liberals put party before the people Ignatieff nomination demonstates Grit flaws By PETER WORTHINGTON You wanna know what's wrong with Canadian democracy, the way it's practiced by the federal Liberal party? Look no further than Michael Ignatieff and his nomination as the Liberal candidate for Etobicoke-Lakeshore. Here's a guy who was born in Toronto but who has mostly lived and worked in other countries. He teaches at Harvard, but returns to U of T in January as a "visiting professor," for heaven's sake. Ignatieff writes critically acclaimed books that only the elite read, and...

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