Economists like to fashion themselves as the “adults in the room.” However, their notion that incomes are determined by productivity is naïve. It ignores the role of power in the determination of distribution. The guise of objectivity that economists give to distribution diverts us from the difficult adult conversation that we must have: who should get what and why?
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Canada has campaign finance laws put in by Harper that prevent corporations from dumping millions into donations. Unless you meant a revolving door, that I can agree with; though we just voted for a Brookfield lobbyist so there is that.
Yes I do mean the revolving door. Also the campaign finance laws still favor better funded campaigns and we know how much better funded the cons are for example than anyone else. And then there’s the spending that goes to advertising from third parties which is very high. And then we have the third party ad spending outside of campaign periods. Your Canada Prouds and such pushing corporate propaganda all day, every day. And then in some provinces there are no limits for provincial elections or the limits are quite high. Don’t get me wrong, we’re in a much better position in this regard to the USA but we’re very much not in a democratic environment that really favours the majority of working Canadians.