maplesyrup Posted February 11, 2004 Report Posted February 11, 2004 This certainly is an impressive display of support for Belinda. Nothing has changed my mind so far. Belinda will win on the first count of the ballots. -from bourque website http://www.belinda.ca/Belinda/english/endorsers.shtml Belinda Endorsers We Believe Belinda Can Unite Our Party, Reach out to Mainstream Canadians, and Win. Alberta Rod Love Alberta Co-Chair Morten Paulsen Alberta Co-Chair British Columbia John Aisenstat British Columbia Co-Manager Dr. James Carson British Columbia CA National Council Member for BC Tim J. Crowhurst British Columbia Co-Manager John Cummins British Columbia Co-Chair / MP Delta - South Richmond Patrick Kinsella British Columbia Co-Chair Val Meredith British Columbia MP South Surrey - White Rock - Langley Tom Siddon British Columbia Former Minister Manitoba Len Derkach Manitoba Former Minister Jim Downey Manitoba Former Deputy Premier Myma Driedger Manitoba MLA Charleswood Gary Filmon Manitoba Former Premier Jonathan Lyon Manitoba Hugh McFadyen Manitoba Co-Chair Mike Richards Manitoba Co-Chair Heather Stefanson Manitoba MLA Tuxedo Eric Stefanson Manitoba Former Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance New Brunswick Barbara Baird New Brunswick Former Leader Margaret-Ann Blaney New Brunswick MLA / Minister of Training and Employment Development and Minister responsible for the Status of Women Jody Carr New Brunswick MLA / Caucus Chair Erminie Cohen New Brunswick Former Senator Madeleine Dubé New Brunswick MLA / Minister of Education Eric Ferguson New Brunswick Former MP Dale Graham New Brunswick MLA / Deputy Premier and Minister of Supply and Services/Co-Chair Noel Kinsella New Brunswick Senator/Counsel Omer Léger New Brunswick Former Provincial Cabinet Minister L. Joan MacAlpine New Brunswick MLA / Minister of Tourism and Parks Nancy McKay New Brunswick Provincial Candidate of Record Percy Mockler New Brunswick Minister of Intergovernmental and International Relations / Minister responsible for Service New Brunswick / Minister responsible for the Culture and Sport Secretariat / Minister responsible for the Francophonie / Co-Chair Rose-May Poirier New Brunswick Minister of Human Resources Michael Read New Brunswick Co-ordinator Jeannot Volpé New Brunswick Minister of Finance / Minister responsible for the New Brunswick Liquor Corporation / Minister responsible for the New Brunswick Investment Management Corporation, and Minister responsible for the Lotteries Commission of New Brunswick Newfoundland And Labrador Joan Burke Newfoundland and Labrador MHA / Minister of Human Resources and Employment and Minister Responsible for the Status of Women Ed Byrne Newfoundland and Labrador MHA / Minister of Mines and Energy / Minister of Forest Resources and Agrifoods / Government House Leader Jack Byrne Newfoundland and Labrador MHA Kilbride / Minister of Municipal and Provincial Affairs and Minister Responsible for the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation Wayne Clarke Newfoundland and Labrador Organizer Kathy Goudie Newfoundland and Labrador MHA Kathy Dunderdale Newfoundland and Labrador MHA / Minister of Industry, Trade and Rural Development Jim Hodder Newfoundland and Labrador MHA Fabian Manning Newfoundland and Labrador MHA Tom Marshall Newfoundland and Labrador MHA / Minister of Justice and Attorney General Sheila Osborne Newfoundland and Labrador MHA John Ottenheimer Newfoundland and Labrador MHA / Minister of Education and Minister of Youth Services and Post-secondary Education Bob Ridgley Newfoundland and Labrador MHA Nova Scotia John Buchanan Nova Scotia Senator / Former Premier Bill Casey Nova Scotia MP Cumberland - Colchester Cecil Clarke Nova Scotia MLA / Minister of Energy Gerald J. Comeau Nova Scotia Senator Michael Forestall Nova Scotia Senator Ontario Bob Bateman Ontario Riding President, Sudbury Patrick Boyer Ontario Former MP Diane Bubanko Ontario President, Mississauga-Erindale Dr. John Cole Ontario Former MP Nola Crewe Ontario Riding President, Toronto-Danforth William Davis Ontario Former Premier Con Di Nino Ontario Senator Leo Duguay Ontario Former MP Janet Ecker Ontario Former Minister of Finance Trevor J. Eyton Ontario Senator Janelle Feldstein Ontario Board Member of Riding Jean Fletcher Ontario Board Member of Riding Mike Gonsalves Ontario Riding President, Scarborough-Agincourt Doug Earle Ontario PC Ontario Board Kevin P. Gallagher Ontario Co-Chair Mike Harris Ontario Former Premier David Haslam Ontario Candidate of Record Carol Jamieson Ontario Organizer Ken Kalopsis Ontario Co-Chair Per Homer Ontario Riding President, Glengarry-Prescott-Russell Al MacDonald Ontario Former MPP, Nipissing Steve Masnyk Ontario Riding President, Etobicoke Centre Scott Searle Ontario Riding President, Ottawa-Orleans Bhupinder Singh Khroad Ontario Riding President Stephen Sparling Ontario Director, PCCF David Strycharz Ontario Candidate of Record, Parkdale - High Park Danny Varaich Ontario Riding President, Bramalea-Gore-Malton-Springdale Tian White Ontario Former PCYF Michael Wilson Ontario President of OPCYA Prince Edward Island Wilfred Arsenault Prince Edward Island MLA Michael Currie Prince Edward Island Minister of Development and Technology, MLA Georgetown - Baldwin's Road Mildred Dover Prince Edward Island Minister of Education Wes MacAleer Prince Edward Island MLA Elmer MacFadyen Prince Edward Island MLA / Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs David McKenna Prince Edward Island MLA Peter McQuaid Prince Edward Island Co-Chair Andy Mooney Prince Edward Island MLA / Deputy Speaker Gail Shea Prince Edward Island MLA / Minister of Transportation and Public Works and Minister Responsible for the Status of Women Quebec David Angus Quebec Senator Patrick Doyon Quebec Former President of AJPCQ Jose Nicolas Quebec Campaign Manager P.C. Nolin Quebec Senator Luc Ouellet Quebec Co-Chair Dany Renauld Quebec Co-Chair Saskatchewan Rich Gabruch Saskatchewan Co-Chair Len Gustafson Saskatchewan Senator James F. Rybchuk Saskatchewan Co-Chair Youth Dave Forestell Youth Co-Chair Aaron Lee-Wudrick Youth Co-Chair Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France
oldtimer Posted February 11, 2004 Report Posted February 11, 2004 Belinda EndorsersWe Believe Belinda Can Unite Our Party, Reach out to Mainstream Canadians, and Win. Should be titled Canadians on Crack. Outside of Alberta support for CP is under 10%! Left wing Liberals, Block and NDP make up the rest. This is a left wing country Quote
Pellaken Posted February 11, 2004 Report Posted February 11, 2004 Prince Edward Island Wilfred Arsenault Prince Edward Island MLA Michael Currie Prince Edward Island Minister of Development and Technology, MLA Georgetown - Baldwin's Road Mildred Dover Prince Edward Island Minister of Education Wes MacAleer Prince Edward Island MLA Elmer MacFadyen Prince Edward Island MLA / Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs David McKenna Prince Edward Island MLA Peter McQuaid Prince Edward Island Co-Chair Andy Mooney Prince Edward Island MLA / Deputy Speaker Gail Shea Prince Edward Island MLA / Minister of Transportation and Public Works and Minister Responsible for the Status of Women ---- That's quite a list. Quote
maplesyrup Posted February 11, 2004 Author Report Posted February 11, 2004 Realistically, I wonder what kind of an impact Belinda not participating in the debate today is going to have on her political fortunes. Obviously her campaign team have taken that into consideration, and figured it's worth the risk. She will make up for it in the other party debates, I presume. Quote An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. Anatole France
Pellaken Posted February 11, 2004 Report Posted February 11, 2004 if she can get that last-week-swing, she's got it locked up. Arnold Swartzenegger, John Kerry in Iowa, the Liberal party of Quebec, all got last-week swings. Arnold had 1 scripted debate, and won (by a bigger margin then expected) If Stronach (or her advisors) know what they are doing (and it looks like they do) she may surprise. Quote
SirRiff Posted February 12, 2004 Report Posted February 12, 2004 nothing like a pretty faced women who got her wealth handed to her on a silver platter and has been a figurehead her life to bring legitimacy to a party. please at least harper doesnt need to resort to playing dress up after a life of lavish underachievement. my god, desperation for PCs creates some odd qualifications considering the traditional philisophies cited by the party sirriff Quote SirRiff, A Canadian Patriot "The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them." - Mark Twain
Goldie Posted February 12, 2004 Report Posted February 12, 2004 Can I present my conspiracy theory and please take it with a grain of salt. I can't back it up so my hope is that it will make some people rethink supporting Belinda. If nothing else it'll inject some levity into the discussion. OK here it is. If you wanted to destroy the right wing in Canada how would one go about doing just that. First, who would want to do that? Answer, Jean Cretien and Paul Martin. Next, who would you ask for advice on how to do that. Well if your Jean Cretien why not ask Bill Clinton. You know your golfing and things and thoughts of grandeur start to penetrate your tedium. So Clinton says why don't you first convince your enemies to join together so you only have one party to focus on destruction. I know you can hear Jean saying," but da split elps us Liberals". Bill replies, "Ya ya, ear me out you hoser. First you get them to join then you take over the damn party. There is no way to get them join together, Jean protests. Bill says, do you know Belinda? Jean says No way, look at me, and I'm in my late 50's. Ok I'll handle that, replies Bill. Jean says I'll need to have a consevative leader in the liberal party to draw away votes from this new entity. Bill says that is perfect. So Jean and Paul stage a fight to remove him from cabinet thus helping his cause. This is important because remember the Liberal convention where Jean endorsed Paul, "You have my support". Belinda supports everybody financially, even David Orchard and Paul Martin. Why ? Because she needs to ensure she has the ear of potential leaders to assist in a merger and still show support to her fellow operatives. Paul Martins' response to Belinda entering the leadership race "she is a very smart person and I'm sure she'll do well. Stephen Harpers' was, "I can't write a check for my campaign". This suggests Paul was more comforting to Belinda and was an expected occurance. The blueprint already exists for such an occurance. I can imagine the plotting, "we need another Kim Cambell". Given the sponsorship scandal they would relish such a person. Hello Belinda! The Government knew this was coming long ago. Belinda, Jean Cretien, Bill Clinton, Paul Martin, are a chain of events worthy of the X-files. Damn I miss Mulder and Scully. Anyway, I wonder if some of that money will comeback to the Canadian public and that they will forever restrain themselves from voting Liberal. Quote
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