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[-] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 23 points 6 days ago

Good. This whole "I'm running for Prime Minister" thing is as ridiculous as it is inaccurate. Singh, May, Carney, and Poillievre can't "run for PM", and acting like our political system mirrors that of the US perpetuates public ignorance about the parliamentary system.

[-] grte@lemmy.ca 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I don't really agree with this. While technically true, the reality of our system is that almost all votes are whipped so your local representative is going to be rubber stamping a party line 99% of the time. What's more, in my opinion that's a good thing. I live in a small town with a depressing local news situation and finding out what candidates in municipal elections even stand for can be a PITA. Much better to be able to look at a party platform and know that should the rep I want win they will be going along with that platform. Individual personalities are less important than policy positions, anyways.

As much as I agree that one doesn't "run for Prime Minister," and I wish everyone would stop using that phrasing...the party sure as shit should be running to form government.

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