Hebert batting Belinda

Or how a Quebecer sees Belinda's swan song for Quebec..

There comes a time, albeit rarely for me, when somebody gets it right! Chantal Hebert did it today (May 25, 2005), with her article on Belinda Stronach and her defecting to the Liberals all for the idea of preventing Quebec separation.

You can access the link by clicking on the title above.

Stronach's unity cloth a little threadbare
CHANTAL HÉBERT

There are two main reasons to turn one's back on one's party — principle and self-interest — and they rarely coincide. Or at least they did not until Belinda Stronach came along.

She continues...

Except that Stronach was hardly as concerned about unity when she set out to become leader of the Conservative party last year. Had she succeeded, she would have led her party in a campaign without having had the time to master enough French to hold her own in a leaders' debate.
It is hard to think of a swifter way to push angry Quebecers into the open arms of the Bloc than by presenting them with a federalist alternative to the Liberals led by someone who cannot address them in their own language. And yet, at the time, that never seemed to bother Stronach.

Great stuff and it goes on.. just check it out, seems an extension of what I wrote a few days ago..

Thanks Chantal, it needed to be said!