'Truth " could not resist, nor can I, so -
Monckton
His passport says 'The holder is The Right Honourable Christopher Walter, Viscount Monckton of Brenchley', he is a member of the House of Lords.

“The House of Lords Act 1999 debarred all but 92 of the 650 Hereditary Peers, including my father, from sitting or voting, and purported to – but did not – remove membership of the Upper House. Letters Patent granting peerages, and consequently membership, are the personal gift of the Monarch. Only a specific law can annul a grant. The 1999 Act was a general law. The then Government, realizing this defect, took three maladroit steps: it wrote asking expelled Peers to return their Letters Patent (though that does not annul them); in 2009 it withdrew the passes admitting expelled Peers to the House (and implying they were members); and it told the enquiry clerks to deny they were members: but a written Parliamentary Answer by the Lord President of the Council admits that general legislation cannot annul Letters Patent, so I am The Viscount Monckton of Brenchley (as my passport shows), a member of the Upper House but without the right to sit or vote, and I have never pretended otherwise.” source-
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/07/12/a-...

There are statements every day from climate change economists, accountants, consultants, analysts, advocates, believers, scare mongers, actresses, and so on, none of them know as much about the so-called science of climate change as Monckton. Further, he knows more than the supposedly scientifically qualified but posturing frauds behind the scam.

For Monckton's reply to critic Professor John Abraham, and outcome, see-
http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.c...
I recommend this reply as it answers many questions about his knowledge and ability to defend it. This reply tho' now a few years old still stands exemplary for demolishing climate change alarmism as it is based on evidence rather than slander of the kind used against him personally and those targeted by the offensive appellation 'denier'.
Warning to 'Truth '- Monckton is nearly always right.
Warning to most others- he is a conservative and a Christian, ah well nobody's perfect.

The Frasier Institute has done many publications on crony corporations. They support free market capitalism and personal freedoms. They would never lobby for crony relationships with the government. In fact they they track it worldwide and it is one of the metrics in determining economic freedom. btw, Canada ranks higher than the US currently.

I am happy to address the Monsanto issue if you post on it. There are two parts to that debate. 1. genetically modified seed and patents
2. the cronyism factor of the US govt granting one company(!) special rights under the law. Outrageous!

but to this topic, I think you have it backwards. People promote laws and regulations that government pass. They also support policies which grow govt intentionally or not. The larger the govt, the more powerful it is. The more powerful it is, the more corporations and individuals want to get in bed with it so that they can increase their power.
If the govt is small and limited, there is no purpose to giving millions in donations, or lobbying. To what end? You would know from the outset that a limited govt would be...limited-not all-powerful. However, if government can change it's limits everytime the majority rules on anything, even if you constrain the corporations (the crony ones), you will just keep those corporations looking for ways to set up non profits or NGOs to fund the lobbyists and the lobbyists will most certainly have a job influencing govt and gathering a majority of voters. Attack the real problem.
Influence over citizens-hmm, this is interesting to me, because in the US, the public school system has over the last 40 years taken on the agenda of the socialists, which in turn have great influence over our children -pre through 12th grade. Do you see those influences harmful as well? Because the govt controls most of our schools, it has a vested interest in teaching more govt is good and vilifying the private sector as evil. I wonder if it is the same in Canada?