i mean, i pointed out from the get-go that the purpose of trudeau's senate reforms was to turn it into a lobbying institution, and here we have it - legislation written by the petroleum industry, and introduced via the unelected senate over a fake bill.

these people have no oversight, by design.

my analysis is naive; i know this is being done intentionally, and i expect the government to accept the amendments. this is the whole point.

but, we can't accept this. it's essentially a bloodless coup, done under the cover of corporate language like "independence" and "bipartisanship". the fact that it was obvious and transparent, and i saw it coming, doesn't make it acceptable.

all of the work that the chretien government did to try and take money out of politics, something that harper, to his credit, did not unravel, has now been obliterated by the creation of these "independent bodies", both inside and outside of the senate. this is total industry capture, and it happened without so much as a debate.