Government by corporations

The corporate world has become so powerful in politics that it is no longer "Government for the people by the people".

You want to raise the CPP, good luck with that. To raise the CPP we need to raise the contributions at the source that means raising the workers contribution and the employers contribution. The last time the subject came up corporate Canada lobbied against it and the conservatives tanked the idea. All parties fear the corporate oligarchs, none learned their power quicker than Bob Rae when he became premier of Ontario.

The hidden history of Bob Rae's government in Ontario

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