Why does the so-called Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses push a far-right agenda that benefits the country's richest corporations and individuals at the expense of independent businesses?
Well, it's not that complicated, really. Like the
Canadian Taxpayers Federation, which doesn't represent the interests of Canadian taxpayers, it's fair to say based on
its actual behaviour that the
CFIB is a typical example of pure, unadulterated AstroTurf pretending to serve the interests of one group while actually working against them.
"AstroTurfing," colloquially speaking, is the establishment of groups that really represent commercial or political special interests while purporting to look out for "grassroots" citizens. This activity is named for a brand of synthetic carpeting that is designed to look, from a distance, like real grass.
