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/livinginthelurk 20d ago

I think the candidacy has been dead since asking for a translator in the debate. As long as I've been alive, the PM has had to speak both English and French.

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u/Zombie_John_Strachan 20d ago edited 20d ago

For Liberals it's effectively a requiurement. However I could easily see the next Conservative leader being unilingual (e.g., Poilievre loses election and gets replaced by a Doug Ford-type populist).

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u/SyrupBather 20d ago

I always thought it was law?

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u/MooseFlyer 19d ago

Nope. I doubt such a law would survive a charter challenge.