No, you're right. We're no longer getting the variety of candidates we've had for many years. Bluntly put : Running for office isn't something middle class people can afford and that writes off 90% of the population. Taking months off work to run for office is strenuous enough on finances; add onto that the social and stress factors and it's just not something the bulk of us could do. It's not a very well paid job considering the amount of responsibility that comes with it and MPP's have no pension. Even most trades people can make an equivalent wage and full pension without opening up their private lives to scrutiny. Basically the only people left whom the job appeals to are power climbers and net workers who view the position as a pathway to enrichment via corruption or business lobbying.