>>Hey, there's a couple of easy ways to fix all this:
>>
>>- Jim Nelson for Benevolent Dictator! ;)
>
>If that's the will of Canadian people, who am I to say anything about it?
>
>>- Create an NGO/think tank and apply for government funding. Canada has a long history of self-flagellation through funding of such (usually left-wing) groups (right-wing groups usually have to pay their own way, left-wing ones are happy to suck the government teat - funny, that)
>
>I guess "funny, that" belongs to the first part... funny, that the right-wing groups usually never have trouble with financing. Could it be so because they usually pander to the richest common denominator?

No, it applies to the second part. Right-wing think tanks/NGOs are few and far between up here.

And if you want to use a word like "pander" bear in mind it applies just as much to left-wing as to right-wing groups. Plus, having a group funded by the government it's "analyzing" or "advising" - well, can you spell "conflict of interest"?