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As a Canadian I don't understand why people think Canada is different. We're just one step behind the US because there's less money to be made. But look at the
by gdbsjjdn 1y ago
As a Canadian I don't understand why people think Canada is different. We're just one step behind the US because there's less money to be made. But look at the concentration of wealth in the Weston family, the McCains, Rogers or the Thomsons.
These folks have tremendous political influence which they are using to roll up Canada's economy and squeeze every cent out of the working class.
- alephnerd 1y ago> We're just one step behind the US because there's less money to be made There's plenty to be made - it's just very under the radar. Anecdotally, extended family of mine run a fairly decent sized construction contracting company out in BC (Vancouver Island and Lower Mainland), and have been having family members and family friends donate as a group for both Conservative and NDP MLAs for over a decade now, as well as helping organize voter drives and non-partisan activities at Gurdwaras (if partisan activities came up, they tended to be in Punjabi and thus not reported on - but tbf, in depth local news is dead in much of Canada as well outside of metros). Lobbying is common across democracies, but how it manifests is different. I feel that there is also a level of visibility into the American system that really highlights bad actors, but similar scrutiny isn't as common in other countries other than maybe the UK.