TIL that our Minsters who manage multiBillion dollar industries will allow me access to change policy for $ 1500 . Are these people serious ? I guess this means that if I buy a front court ticket for the Raptors I can expect MLSE to enact my recommendation to lower the price of beer ? How do these journalists have jobs ? It ' s astounding given all the other issues we should be talking about like the drug epidemic in Vancouver , the state of FN reserves , new carbon taxes , income inequality , isolationism , potential civil war in Iraq where our soldiers are , and electoral reform , they chose to go with the story that they can use the most rhetoric and appeal to the emotions of readers . Please , can someone tell me what kind of access this purchased and whether it was a sound investment ? It ' s $ 1500 ffs ! That ' s nothing in these circles . I ' ve been to fundraisers that are $ 2 Kplate and they were AMAZING . The people I was sitting around would do the following 4 HcThis is populist garbage and I bet you if you told taxpayers the alternative would be for us to foot the cost of elections ourselves through taxes , they ' d go pretty quiet on the issue . Let the rich pay for it , we all still get to decide on the party every 4 years . If there is a scandal , we ' ll take care of it at the ballot box like always . Jesus . Is it too much to expect more or am I just setting myself up to be disappointed ?