Belinda Stronach
is a community, business and public leader who cares deeply about Canada and the broader issues of quality of life both at home and abroad.
She sees the challenges of the future as needs of the immediate - how to keep Canada prosperous in a competitive global economy that is changing rapidly; how to safeguard our
quality of life and the social support systems that make Canada unique; how to provide young Canadians the means to meet their potential through education; learning and skills
training; and how to make the world a more secure place by dealing with crushing poverty and lack of opportunity.
Long recognized as an emerging young leader with vision, the National Post newspaper had already identified Belinda in 2001 as the most powerful businesswoman in Canada. In the
same year, the World Economic Forum named her a "Global Leader of Tomorrow" In 2002, she was ranked #2 by Fortune Magazine in its list of the world's most powerful women in
business, and named one of Canada's "Top 40 under 40" an annual awards competition that honours the country's top business innovators less than 40 years of age.
In 2004, TIME Magazine ranked Belinda as one of the world's 100 most influential people and in 2005 the World Economic Forum named her a member of its network of Young Global
Leaders. Also in 2005, the sustained recognition continued: the Women's Executive acclaimed Belinda a "trailblazer" and one of Canada's top 100 most powerful women.
Belinda entered public life to represent the community where she has lived most of her life. First elected to the House
of Commons in the 2004 general election and then re-elected in the 2006 general election, she is Member of Parliament for Newmarket-Aurora (Ontario).
Belinda is also the Executive Vice-Chairman of Magna International Inc., one of the largest global suppliers of automotive systems and components in the world with 83,000 employees in 23 countries.
