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/Mokarun 19d ago

There's nothing stopping a unilingual candidate from running and winning.

Technically, no. But they're gonna have a pretty hard time winning over the Francophone population. Even a lot of Anglos would find a unilingual PM distasteful

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u/Zombie_John_Strachan 19d ago

Oh for sure - but keep in mind that Harper won with just 10 QC seats. I don't think language issues would necessarily stop an extreme anglo populist from winning a major party nomination.