Like the little engine that could, the Belinda Stronach campaign keeps on a rollin. Tonight Belinda turns her attention from Tony and Steve and targets the big man himself, PM the PM. Stronach, tonight blamed Paul Martin for the current scandal whipping around the Ottawa streets. Telling one and all that she was ready to be Prime Minister (uh, might want to win that leadership thing first there Belinda!), she questioned the Prime Minister's competence and accused him of shirking his responsibilities.
Pulling out the cliche-o-matic, she spoke about captains taking responsibility of the ship, can't run from your own track record and the ever popular time for a change. She went on to explain how she is a good team player and can build a strong team.
As a matter of fact her current team is getting quite a bit of exposure of late, as three members find themselves under the bright lights, from past transgressions. Three men, who have endorsed her campaign are soon to be given the punt by the candidate, Belinda saying she wants nothing to do with them.
"They will not be staying," she said of ex-MPs Gabriel Fontaine and Michel Cote as well as Harry Bloomfield, a longtime Conservative supporter who was convicted on one count of conspiracy and 16 counts of falsifying records.
Fontaine was convicted in 1999 of defrauding taxpayers of $100,000, while Cote was fired by former prime minister Brian Mulroney in the 1980s for breaching conflict of interest rules.
While she's busy accusing the Prime Minister of incompetence and shirking responsibilities, she had best keep one thing in the back of her mind. We tend to be judged by the company we keep. A few more skeletons like these three and her train may be heading for a siding for a lengthy rest.
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