• marathon
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    7 hours ago

    If Parliament is “we the people” and they vote to make decisions on every aspect of governance as your representative, how come them electing the Prime Minister is so offensive to you?

    You’re not paying attention. Where did I say that parliament electing the PM is offensive to me? What I am saying that the PM being appointed by non-elected members of the LPC is offensive to me. It’s not parliament doing it, but the Liberal Party of Canada members voting for their next leader of the party, which is then automatically the PM. Helluva difference.

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      13 minutes ago

      I didn’t vote for PP to be the leader of the conservative party, does that mean that if he is the new pm that he is also unelected?

      Party members vote for the party leader. If that party is leading the govt then they are the leader of the country. It is how parliamentary systems work.