You're getting down voted for making a whole lot of assumptions that aren't valid.
Pure waste? Give me a break.. I guess it's foreign to you that if the public asks the government something in Canada, they better serve us the citizens, because we're who the government serves, not the other way around.
And when something like this happens, Canadian's aren't brainwashed and go straight for the gun as an option. They actually use common sense to adjust to situations unlike those in our southern border.
I find it hilarious that you would rather have work undone and marked unimportant than actually try and serve the public.
Consider living abroad, it'll cleanse your American brainwashing.
Private commercial businesses do this, they fool you with their marketing and make you think that their product is also free and open source. Github's branding and marketing are to thank. And the blame also goes to us and other developers for not seeing this.
In Canada there is a law where you can't lie on the news. It's worked pretty well and I can at least stand the news programs we have.
I also think you're a bit too naive. Without proper governance look at what is happening in america. America from the outside believes climate change is a hoax because republicans are bought. No one is willing to go against the establishment and make laws to stop this when they're clearly INCORRECT ideas that are being pushed to the masses misinforming people.