“The word lobbyist has taken on a bit of a pejorative character to it, so for that I may get the odd joke from my social democratic friends, but it’s all in good humour,” said Mr. MacLachlan, 30, who worked for successive Ottawa Centre NDP MPs Ed Broadbent and Paul Dewar.
“Advocacy is a very important part of democracy … and my friends understand that I’m contributing to that process,” he said.
It seems NDP heavyweights like Pat Martin are applauding this new lobbying reality...
NDP MP Pat Martin, the sharp-tongued MP who criticized Ottawa’s lobbying culture, said the interest from lobbying firms shows the NDP is now in “the big leagues.”
“They’re going to have to update their rolodex because there’s some new kids in town,” he said. “Lots of them.”
That didn't take long...
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It might be democratic if the ones lobbied were the citizens, but since the current culture circumvents the citizen it is not democratic at all. But I wouldn't expect any progressive to understand that.
you called it the grope and flail...you're like funny.
Beware!
The Corrupt States of America are that way because powerful Bureaucratic and Corporate interests can buy Lobbyist that will then create an endless "droning" into the ears of the politicians until they have become brainwashed into supporting the interests of the creeps and forgoing the interest of their constituents.
And when I say “brainwash”, I mean that in the true sense of the word.
That’s what Lobbyists are paid to do and it’s as simple as that.
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