I would hardly call Pollievre's comment temperate: his party passed the Federal Accountability Act which was more or less an attempt to whitewash this activity rather than to stop it and so this kind of ethical malfeasance continues.


All parties equally complicit and none have shown sufficient interest in reforming this situation.  Taking pot shots at the Liberals is misplaced.  Pressing them to effect change now that they can can do so is the better option.

This kind of sleazy business has to stop and the best way to do so is for the electorate to press their representatives, the Prime Minister's office, the Senate and the leaders of the opposition to ban or severely restrict lobbying.

The wealthy, the corporations and other special interest groups have sufficient money to influence policy and legislation in their self interest and this has led to an inverted totalitarian state where they effectively control the agenda at the expense of the electorate.