> ever heard of "Laurentian elite" ?

I don't think that is the same thing at all. Laurentian elite just refers to Canada's largest population cluster as a whole and saying that the upper class in general is influential, sure. But it is far from saying that a small number of billionaires are absolute key in the Canadian elections.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurentian_elite

Canada has significant limits to political spending and I think that is amazing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_political_financing_in...