Friday, June 17, 2005

"I may have changed my mind, but never my principles"

The newly minted Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, decided to put her spin skills to work this week for the Globe and Mail. Perhaps cheered on by the complete collapse of support for her former Boss, Belinda Stronach felt it urgent to explain her new found thoughts and principles, personal traits which it seem have a more rewarding place in the bosom of the Liberal party of Canada.

Stronach penned her version of of the great escape, suggesting that fate and principles led her to the point of crossing the floor and taking up with Paul, Reg, Anne et al. She prefers the politics of hope and the quest for a better society. She stands by her principles (so much so that she mentions them five times in her advertorial for all things Liberal).

So take that Stephen Harper, while you play catch with Peter McKay on the lawn at Parliament Hill and make your plans for the great BBQ tour of 2005, your ole pal Belinda is busy reheating the coals to roast you again. This will be your Groundhog day, forever and a day destined to repeat the Great Escape. Belinda constantly reminding the world why she left, to search for a place where trust and integrity can find a home, restored to its former glory for all the public to see.

For Belinda political nirvana came with a call to cross the floor and move into Cabinet. More fate than principle one would suggest, but even more, it was more opportunism than fate!

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