Powerful, truly rich people, run most things. Canada hides the influence of the Canadian wealthy. Your local brain surgeon is
not even close to being rich or powerful.

After the "... oh gad we are running out of oil scam," was swallowed
hook, line, and sinker by the gullible masses, promulgated by
the oil companies compromised engineers, what followed
was inflation. High interest rates. So Americans were tapped to 
pay for high oil prices and tapped to pay 20% interest on money
they had no choice but to borrow. Everyone could not sell their 
houses or businesses. They had to pay!

This is history. In Canada Trudeau scammed the public by 
introducing his Trojan Horse ... The Charter of Rights and Freedoms.