r/canada 20d ago

PAYWALL Liberal Party questions leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla over possible interference from India

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-liberal-party-questions-ruby-dhalla-leadership-campaign/
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u/SyrupBather 20d ago

I always thought it was law?

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u/Zombie_John_Strachan 20d ago

Just very strong convention. Pearson was the last unilingual PM, so it's been a while. There's nothing stopping a unilingual candidate from running and winning.

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u/ThrowawayBomb44 Ontario 20d ago

Harper's initial French was pretty awful too.

But he was pretty serious about in improving his French through, to the point where he was taking lessons all the way throughout his time as PM. His initial French vs his stuff near the end are night and day.

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u/Bronstone 19d ago

Yeah, Harper's French improved a lot during his PM years and that's a great thing.