Patronage has been an essential desideratum in the development of Canada’s political system. The evolution of responsible government in British North America is synonymous with the wresting of right to dispense patronage from the unelected governors and nobles to the elected office-bearers. (Simpson, 1988. p. 25).Given Canada’s remote distances, patronage has been instrumental in the integration among its vast geographic parts, far flung parts of the federal governments, and among sections of the state such as, women, new migrants, natives, and various ethnic and religious groups. Patronage can be likened to a mirror which the party in power can hold up for the whole country, “beckoning individuals, groups and regions to see some of their
