When the gov't of Canada is so corrupt that it steals billions of dollars of our money to give to their buddies and people still almost re-elect them, the country gets what it deserves! Our two countries are ruled by the elite, and yet the people really do have the power to change that.... they just choose not to because House is on.... it's easier to watch TV and turn of your brain than it is to write a letter to your MP.
The problem wasn't that they gave money to their friends, the problem was that the friends were giving the money back to them.
Nepotism is way too common in Canada at all levels. I assure you that Jimmy, the local businessman, makes sure his kids get some good jobs if they want them. Most people in the position to make the decisions think it is perfectly acceptable to treat your friends better than others at the small business level, the medium business level, the high business level and the government level. It is the people disconnected from the decision process that abstract it and view it badly.
Who gets hired to mow lawns? Friends of the family, yet there are people who may do a better job and need the money more. Once one takes that as acceptable, then the local retail manager hires their friends, or friends of friends and it just goes all the way up. Same reasoning at every stage.
