It is definitely atypical for the PM not to be a sitting MP, but it is within the confines of the constitution. The PM only needs to be elected by and then maintain the confidence of parliament.
It’s almost certain that he will call an election immediately, however. A non sitting PM won’t maintain parliamentary confidence for long.
Or a Liberal MP in a safe seat will resign and Carney will stand in the subsequent by-election.
It’s how parliamentary democracy works. The Prime Minister (PM) is elected by Members of Parliament (MPs) who are, in turn, directly elected by canadians. Typically, the Prime Minister is the leader of the largest party, but not always since a coalition of smaller parties could theoretically band together to elect their choice for PM. Carney was just elected leader of The Liberal Party of Canada, the largest party currently sitting in the Canadian lower house, by members of said party.
Our head of state and commander in chief is King Charles III, whose power is severely limited by constitutional and conventional traditions. Typically, in a parliamentary system, the head of state is merely a figurehead with no ability to influence policy directly.
Our Cabinet, unlike in the American Presidential system where cabinet members are unelected and appointed by the executive, are by convention chosen by the PM from amongst the directly elected MPs.
The PM can be forced to resign, alongside their Cabinet of Ministers, when a majority of MPs support a ‘motion/vote of no confidence.’ An election can be called at any time, with the maximum period between elections being 4 years.
This system of governance is shared with most Parliamentary and Semi-Presidential democracies with some minor differences.
He’s been sniffing around in tariffs’ dressing room since the 80s when Japan was economically dominating. Rumour is he’d rather date a 25% tarrif on steel than date his own daughter, so that should tell you a lot. He also has a Navarro body pillow.
Well, he ended the war in Ukraine in 24 hours, didn’t he?
That’s decades of lead poisoning for you!
Makes me wonder what the microplastics have in store for us? If all we get is an “I love you” from our Costco greeter and hand jobs on the menu at Starbucks we’ll be lucky.
Only an economic idiot?
Right. Obvious to most except maybe those with only two brain cells strung together with spray cheese.
Boys’ night out at the local strip club, he turns up at Ikea wondering where everyone is.
I see your point, but I feel like spreading the risk a little would’ve been the more secure trade policy. 70% reliance on one country seems borderline obscene. Of course, hindsight is 20/20 so there’s not really any point in me complaining about what should have been. All we can do now is work to correct the mistake.
I swear to fuck i just read another article from 2 hours ago where that Hassent fellow was quoted as saying essentially the opposite of what is quoted here.
These people are a mess. Shrodinger’s trade policy. The US economy, a bag of shit and a ketamine addled advisor are placed in a box…
“Only an idiot could have agreed to these trade deals!”
It’s rare, but occasionally he’ll truth shart.
Not to mention illegal firearms and migrants. I believe that in all cases, the contraflow is much worse.
I did read recently that the trade in illegal Canadian eggs being smuggled into the US is booming, however.
Nice. A clairvoyant on the internet. Very original.
Trump had made it very clear since before his inauguration that he would be targeting Mexico, Canada, and China in his crusade against fentanyl.
Coincidentally, those three nations are also the US’ largest trading partners, where the only legal avenue for applying tarrifs within the framework of his own USMCA (the greatest trade deal, maybe ever!) is to declare a national emergency. ‘Tarrif’, after all, is his favourite word. Right after ‘make’, ‘that’ and ‘large’. He’s been obsessed with tarrifs since the 80s. Any excuse will do. And ‘fentanyl from Canada’ is the excuse that he burped up after a particularly greasy bucket of chicken.
This trade policy by royal decree has been enabled by a national and bipartisan apathy to the abuse of legal loopholes and a general contempt toward foundational principles like the separation of powers. It’s all very obvious. We don’t have to guess at trumps motives or strategy here. He has rambled about it incoherently for years at this point. Subtlety is not one of his strong points.
That’s not to mention the influence of the First Lady, Lord Ketamine himself.
I hadn’t even considered this. I think I have most of my ETFs with BMO (Canadian), but I might have some iShare’s, too. Thanks for the reminder!
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Is it time for an expanded digital services tax? Why not tax foreign social media like we tax sugar, alcohol, nicotine, and fast food? The imposition of minimum pricing rules per account or per post would be a huge disincentive. Maybe regulate them like traditional media. Ban foreign ownership?
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Oh, I see. I hadn’t considered that that could be used as a pretense for military action.
Trump’s stable genius trade advisor was just on one of their propaganda networks suggesting that Canada is also run by Mexican cartels. It’s all a bit Monty Python, honestly. Just waiting to hear who he’s nominating for Secretary of Silly Walks.
Proton + Ghostery wombo combo should still work for now for ad blocking and VPN.
The Americans need to learn from the French where one egg is un oeuf.