Canada: Cash for Access, And Not Subtle About It

Liberal Party of Canada officials have literally auctioned access to members of Parliament. This from Democracy Watch's Duff Conacher (a Global Integrity contributor), who notes that a "huge loophole still exists in the Canada Elections Act that allows secret, unlimited donations to nomination race and party leadership candidates, if they don’t use what is donated for their campaign."

Read background at the Global Integrity Report: Canada.