While my political views swing left and I identify myself as a liberal minded person, I’m very unhappy with the provincial Liberal party and specifically Kathleen Wynne. So much so that I will can’t vote for her or any member of the Liberal party next provincial election. Anyway she got flak for scheduling private fundraisers and seems like she’s had a change of heart.
Premier Kathleen Wynne and her cabinet ministers are cancelling all “private fundraisers” with high rollers and urging their political rivals to do the same.
Wynne told the legislature on Tuesday that members of the governing party would no longer attend the unpublicized events which raise money for the Ontario Liberal Party.
“We have to lead by example and that’s why I’ve made the decision to immediately cancel upcoming private fundraisers that I attend. I’ve also asked the same of my ministers,” the premier said.
How the hell was this OK to begin with? I focus a lot on the corruption and ridiculousness of US politics but it looks like things reek up here too. We really need to publicly finance all elections, once a party reaches a certain critical mass outside fundraising should be illegal because this is absolutely ridiculous… Citizens of Ontario and Canada we must be vigilant because we can easily lose our government if we don’t hold politicians to account, the ridiculous tax & trade policies already show that we’re losing grip and that the rich and corporations are taking over.
Disgusting.
Dear Mr. Sun,
I was wandering through the internet when I chanced upon your blog. Let me complement you for such interesting content!
In regards to this post about political funding you are lucky in Canada that you have not descended to the “depths” that we face in the States. I am ashamed as to how politicians and government officials can be “bought” through legal means. Big money wields the real power in the government.
If Trump gets elected (heaven forbid) it will be time to move north, the cold weather be damned!
Hi Tim, thank you for your comment.
We dodged a bullet up here when the federal Conservative party was voted out of power, we have a public subsidy at the federal level and one of their promises was to do away with that and to open the floodgates to political contributions. It would have allowed corporations and the rich to buy our government too, a very scary thought.
As an outsider to American politics, it’s pretty apparent that the US government no longer serves in the interest of the people but rather the donor base (be it the rich or corporations). I’m surprised that the electorate can’t see that that, then again the media is in on this scam so perhaps that’s why Americans are blind what’s going on. I definitely dread the thought of a President Trump as well, how he’d destabilize the world would be a scary matter.
The cold isn’t so bad, Canada is a wonderful country and I thin you’d like it. 🙂 I don’t know which way you lean politically but I’m certainly feeling the bern. 😉