In the land of abundant promises and little action

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission is mandated to regulate and administer campaign financing. But due to a series of unfortunate events, the commission will not be exercising that mandate during this election cycle because the funding regulations, have not been passed.

So, individual funders and special interest groups now have unhindered access to the major political parties. This means that whoever becomes King of the Hill in August will be beholden to a variety of special interests. Special interests have an uncanny way of displacing national interests because while citizens elect their leaders through the inalienable power of the ballot, campaign financiers install leaders through the power of the purse.