POLS 3440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hugh Allan, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Sponsorship Scandal
5 Feb 2018
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Canadians have long congratulated themselves on the cleanliness and honesty of their political system. Elections were not rigged nor politicians bought and sold. Powerful corporations did not dictate government policies, and well-connected individuals did not move to the front of the line for government favours. Contributions to political campaigns did not give the donors preferred access to the corridors of power. Or so we told ourselves and most of what we told ourselves was true. This is not to say that canada was immune to periodic eruptions of corruption, because it wasn"t. In the next section you will examine some major. All required materials can be found under ares in the top navigation. The readings in this unit do three things. The article by prof. desmond morton puts the notorious sponsorship scandal into historical context. The airbus timeline sets out the events of that scandal.
