Actually, it's not quite that simple in Canada. Corporate contributions to political parties have been effectively cut off by the current Prime Minister (Harpe

Actually, it's not quite that simple in Canada. Corporate contributions to political parties have been effectively cut off by the current Prime Minister (Harper), you can only do personal donations and only up to $1100 per person. Harper had a lot of grassroots conservative support and the liberals had a lot of corporate support. The liberals were basically financially devastated and have had to build up from scratch (doing better now). Still, the US has a strong pull with Harper, he looooves capitalism.