Grocery giants paid for friendly Liberal, Tory policy with decades of donations
Grocery giants paid for friendly Liberal, Tory policy with decades of donations
Families and CEOs behind Loblaw, Empire, Metro have donated $150,000 to two main parties
The only mention the NDP gets in the story is:
For the past few years, the New Democrats have pushed for a windfall tax on the record profits of grocery giants. Justin Trudeau initially rejected the idea, calling it “simplistic,” then shifted to vaguely threatening to implement it, without following through. Meanwhile, the Conservatives have expressed constant opposition.
It would be interesting to use them as a control, assuming they haven't received the same donations. Are they proposing stronger legislation or policy?
25If I were leading the NDP, I would be banging this drum constantly. Instead, we have the fucking Conservatives acting as the party of the working class, which is insane.
It seems to work for Sanders in the US, but the NDP parties in Canada seem afraid to be called socialists, having been stung during the Rae era in Ontario.
19I don't understand why the NDP don't do better in elections. It astonishes me that Canadians won't vote for the only party with any real will to address the problems that affect them daily. Do people really think the Conservatives have the best interests of the common people at heart?
11I looked at the YouTube channels for each party a couple of weeks back. The Conservatives had like six videos released in the previous ten days. The NDP had around five in the previous three months.
I'm coming to believe that the NDP doesn't get votes because they don't get their story out. They drop the occasional press release and sound bite, but that's about it. Meanwhile the Cons do a full court press on every social media platform constantly.
6For me personally, I do not see them having much of a backbone. It appears that their insecurities lead them to waver when conviction is called for.
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It would be interesting if there was a federal party with big ideas and detailed policy proposals worth actually getting behind.
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Apparently we need even stronger controls on political donations, since it seems that purchasing politicians is pretty cheap.
15This is one of those things where I think our political class just doesn't give a shit.
The public is unhappy, but that hasn't translated into a threat at election time, so MPs and MPPs let the status quo linger. Politicians are happy to accept the donations, but would there be a different outcome if the Westons hadn't donated a few thousand dollars a year?
Having said that, I'm all for controls on donations, limits on political advertising, limits on where politicians can work after they leave office, etc.
10He thought it was very effective, that you could get very high returns for relatively small amounts of money
- Caroline Ellison's testimony on SBF
(Yes I know that's USA but our elected bums are just as easily bought)
3even stronger controls
Sort of implies there are already strong controls. What are they?
1There are limits on donation amount per contributor (I don't remember how much off the top of my head, but it isn't that high a number).
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Study shows politicians are crooked and would sell your blood to add another foot to their lakefront property. More at 11.
14You mean liberals are crooked... so both the democrats and republicans... one is neo, the other classical... both imperialistic :D Yeeeey Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Raegen were liberals...
So yeah, definitely corrupt. Vote third party, or vote for electoral reform. If not? Stop complaining.
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Go see Bob Loblaw, Attorney at Law...he's usually on his law blog
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