Why Bernie Sanders’ message about big money in politics needs to be heard in Canada

Now that his presidential run in the U.S. is coming to an end, let’s get Bernie Sanders up here to explain why big money needs to get out of politics in Canada as well. He can start his tour in B.C. and hopscotch over to Ontario and Quebec.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, pictured at a town hall meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, in July 2015. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Opinion

BY SARAH SCHMIDT

May 2, 2016

OTTAWA—Imagine what Bernie Sanders would think if he had time to read Canadian newspapers. The secret price of admission to power; provincial cabinet ministers are assigned fundraising targets as high as $500,000 a year to fill Liberal coffers is how one headline sums up the sorry state of affair...

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