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Trudeau Says of Canada’s Political Mood, ‘People Are Mad’ in c/[email protected]
Racism and the CPC in c/[email protected]
Security Clearance for pierre poilievre. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

There's no legal barrier given the prime minister is barely legally recognized at all, however they would almost certainly not be leading with the confidence of the house and doing so would likely result in a constitutional crisis.

Security Clearance for pierre poilievre. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

There are no official requirements to be prime minister, just that they must lead with the confidence of the House. The government general could technically appoint whoever the hell they want, but by convention a prime minister should be an MP (or at least will soon to be an MP) who leads the leading party or coalition and it would be a complete political shitshow that'd likely lead to a constitutional crisis were it egregiously broken.

Edit: also to specify, the PM isn't elected by parliament, it's an appointed position by the governor general

Dianne Feinstein dies at 90 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sure there are plenty of capable 70 year olds, but mid to late 70s is where dramatic health changes is very short periods of time and diminished mental capacity starts to be commonplace. 65 as an age limit to run (meaning the oldest senators could be 71) makes a lot of sense.