How To Buy A Politician

Summary: The New York Times has called British Columbia "The Wild West of Political Cash." On the verge of a provincial election, any corporation, union or individual in the world can give however much money they want to British Columbia's provincial political parties. Sam talks to Dermod Travis of Integrity BC about what this has meant for BC's democracy, then he convenes a panel of leading political scholars to discuss the role of corporate money in North American politics. Cited is a podcast and radio show produced out of the world class Michael Smith Laboratories at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. It is written, edited, produced and hosted by Sam Fenn, Gordon Katic, Alexander Kim and Josh Gabert-Doyon. If you like the show, please subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes; follow us on Twitter; like us on Facebook; and send us an email to let us know what you think at cited.podcast@ubc.ca. Cited is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. We thank them for their support.