[jariel]

I live in Montreal it is 1) expressly more socialist and 2) definitely more corrupt.

The government here pays huge subsidies for electricity, a lot of social housing and a generous $6/day child care regime, which is far more than anywhere else in the US.

Montreal is measurably 'more corrupt' [1], there's no doubt about it, there was a massive investigation into it, and some of it was addressed by having more intelligent/trained buyers for public sector goods etc., but much remains.

"At the Charbonneau inquiry, an "ex-construction boss said that for years, three per cent of the value of all contracts he received from the city of Montreal went to the mayor's party, and another one per cent, known as "la taxe à Surprenant," went to a city official"

I don't think the level of corruption has that much to do with the ideology of government though.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charbonneau_Commission

[mcguire]

"The government here pays huge subsidies for electricity, a lot of social housing and a generous $6/day child care regime, which is far more than anywhere else in the US."

Montreal is in the US?

[reactor4]

That commission didn't "measure" any other jurisdiction so what are you talking about? And because there was "a massive investigation into it" doesn't mean it's worse than elsewhere, if anything it implies the contrary.