The powerful do not need to attend fundraisers to have input they just pick up the phone and the politician listens. I am surprised by how little it costs to buy a favor, say a job for your child. We see the politicians but the pyramid that supports and elects them is hidden, riding associations and other political support. The family that owns most of New Brunswick makes every premier of the province dance like a puppet on a string even though they contribute little money. We can vote politicians out but the Toronto Dominion Bank can give them well paid jobs so who has the most power. I have been an official agent for a winning candidate and I would like to make the riding executives names public during any election as well as greater access to information. If you assume that any politician at any level will work for the public good then you are gullible and have not learned from past history. The title honorable should not be automatic for politicians or appointments but earned.