{"id":81444,"date":"2023-04-14T04:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=81444"},"modified":"2023-04-13T17:38:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T21:38:29","slug":"from-cash-for-access-its-a-very-short-step-to-cash-for-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/04\/14\/from-cash-for-access-its-a-very-short-step-to-cash-for-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"From &#8220;cash for access&#8221; it&#8217;s a very short step to &#8220;cash for influence&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ted Campbell shut down his blog some time ago &mdash; unfortunately for those of us interested in Canadian military affairs &mdash; but he&#8217;s still active on Twitter. Here he responds to a tweet from Sam Cooper of Global News:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scoopercooper\/status\/1646539338111414272\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-16-22-09-Edward-Ted-Campbell-on-Twitter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"601\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-16-22-09-Edward-Ted-Campbell-on-Twitter.png 598w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-16-22-09-Edward-Ted-Campbell-on-Twitter-480x482.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-16-22-09-Edward-Ted-Campbell-on-Twitter-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-16-22-09-Edward-Ted-Campbell-on-Twitter-120x120.png 120w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-16-22-09-Edward-Ted-Campbell-on-Twitter-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Edward_Campb_ll\/status\/1646564830646501404\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-16-24-47-Edward-Ted-Campbell-on-Twitter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"845\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-16-24-47-Edward-Ted-Campbell-on-Twitter.png 616w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-16-24-47-Edward-Ted-Campbell-on-Twitter-437x600.png 437w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-16-24-47-Edward-Ted-Campbell-on-Twitter-467x640.png 467w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-16-24-47-Edward-Ted-Campbell-on-Twitter-109x150.png 109w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-16-26-48-Edward-Ted-Campbell-on-Twitter.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-16-26-48-Edward-Ted-Campbell-on-Twitter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"609\" height=\"709\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-16-26-48-Edward-Ted-Campbell-on-Twitter.png 609w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-16-26-48-Edward-Ted-Campbell-on-Twitter-480x559.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-16-26-48-Edward-Ted-Campbell-on-Twitter-550x640.png 550w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-16-26-48-Edward-Ted-Campbell-on-Twitter-129x150.png 129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Coyne highlights some of the boggling details in this thread:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/acoyne\/status\/1646366732687163395\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-17-36-31-Andrew-Coyne-\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6-on-Twitter.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"792\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-17-36-31-Andrew-Coyne-\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6-on-Twitter.png 598w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-17-36-31-Andrew-Coyne-\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6-on-Twitter-453x600.png 453w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-17-36-31-Andrew-Coyne-\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6-on-Twitter-483x640.png 483w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot-2023-04-14-at-17-36-31-Andrew-Coyne-\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6-on-Twitter-113x150.png 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ted Campbell shut down his blog some time ago &mdash; unfortunately for those of us interested in Canadian military affairs &mdash; but he&#8217;s still active on Twitter. 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