I have always liked Belinda Stronach, and I have always thought Canada hasn't been fair to her.
And here's why I think Canada hasn't been fair to her.
We don't like rich people and we don't like attractive people. They are suspect. Their motives cannot be trusted.
Stronach already had everything she needed before entering politics. She had inherited from her formidable father both money and power. And she had inherited, though apparently not from her father, a nice face, a good figure, and beautiful hair. Somewhere along the way, she also learned to dress nicely.
She left university before graduating. She got a plum post at Magna. She had everything.
So why would she possibly want to run for office?
No Canadian with less money than Stronach will believe she was trying to improve the country in which we live. People simply can't believe that. Because she's rich, and rich people are mean and cruel and have motives so evil us middle class people can't even imagine them. Otherwise, how did they become rich?
Also, we don't like attractive people because they remind us that we're not as attractive as them.
So, because she's rich, we don't trust her, and because she's pretty, we don't like her. And I suspect because of those same reasons, many politicians don't like her. And that's one of the reasons she had such a hard time fitting in.
Or, she's an idiot who got in over her head.
One reason or the other. It's really hard to say. Either way, she's gone now, to a place where she'll make more money, and not have to put up with stupid news reports about spending too much time with Bill Clinton or Tie Domi.