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January 25, 2004
| Big Elections in Canada, Too

The Federal Elections are coming up in Canada, and BlogsCanada has started an election blog so you can keep up with all the news and trends.



Posted by Michele at January 25, 2004 08:43 AM | TrackBack
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Thanks for the link, Michelle.

The big news in Canadian politics has been the emergence of Belinda Stronach with a bid to lead the newly united right - the Conservative Party of Canada.

Ms. Stronach has been compared to Howard Dean with her campaign focused around a high-quality website which includes her blog. She’s also been compared to Arnold Schwartzenegger for her lack of experience, personal fortune, attractiveness and free market philosophy.

She has reportedly been seen on the arm of (get this!) Bill Clinton.

A few of our group blog members have posted on Belinda and her strategies, website, blog efforts, wardrobe, etc.

Posted by: Jim Elve at January 25, 2004 09:33 AM

The problem with Belinda Stronach is that she is quite vulnerable to ‘class-warfare’ tactics. Here in Canada, where the Lobster Pot System for measuring success is paramount, Stronach’s background is a big fat juicy target.

Posted by: CERDIP at January 25, 2004 10:05 AM

At this point, with a track record in politcs of just over a week, it is not at all clear what problems or positives Miss B. may have. She does have some damn clever campaign gunsels - guys who personally supervised our first female Prime Minister’s complete rout.

Posted by: Jay Currie at January 25, 2004 08:56 PM

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