Reporters hadn’t a clue Stronach story coming: This just in… Not one reporter got wind of one of the best political scoops of the year last week. As CTV’s Roger Smith put it, ‘I have never heard such a collective gasp for breath by the national media as I heard when Belinda walked into the room with Paul Martin.’ Ain’t that the truth

Former Conservative MP Belinda Stronach's bombshell decision to defect to the Liberals two days before the crucial confidence vote in the House on Thursday night was one of the best-kept political secrets in Ottawa, say Parliamentary reporters.

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