Thread by @wabbitwarrior

For my American friends, did you know that Canadians don't actually get to vote for our leader? 🧵

Unlike in the U.S., Canadians don’t vote directly for their Prime Minister.

He/she is selected to run as party leader through an internal vote that is closed to the public.

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To be able to speak in our House of Commons/Parliament (like your Congress), they must run and win as a Member of Parliament in one of Canada's ridings.

This would be a similar position to a Member of the House of Representatives in the USA.

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So to understand how Trudeau came to be our Prime Minister see below.

In 2013, Trudeau ran to become leader of Liberal party.
At the time, Canada had approx 26,000,000 eligible voters. However, only registered Liberals can vote for the party leader.

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At the time (2013) the Liberal party had 104,552 members that chose to cast their vote and select their glorious leader.

Of that number, Trudeau won 81,389 votes and took his virtual throne.

This was the largest actual direct vote Trudeau has ever won.

81,389 votes out of 26,000,000 CDN voters

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In his own role as an MP, and his own little corner of Quebec, the riding of Papineau, he has won 3 elections since becoming Prime Minister.

2015 - 26,391 votes out of 50,770 votes cast
2019 - 25,957 votes out of 50,781 votes
2021 - 22,848 votes out of 45,423 votes

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One of the major sticking points for many Canadians is that we have no term limits on our MP's, or on our Prime Minister.

Our longest serving PM was William Lyon Mackenzie King, who served for 3 terms and 21 years.

Trudeau is currently on his 3 term over 9.5 years in power.

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In addition to this, our senators are not elected either. Nor are they appointed by the provincial government.

They are instead, appointed by the federal government. IE., The Prime Minister.

Also, they have no term limits. Instead, they are appointed until the age of 75.

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Our senators do work similar to US senators however, in that they are an important part of our bills becoming law.
Each bill goes from the House (MP's) to the senate 3 times in either for reading. After each reading, there is a vote. Once passed, it receives Royal...

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Assent, and becomes a law.

The reason I mention this is: The Trudeau government has appointed 94 of our 105 senators over the last 9 years, many with far left leanings. And most under the age of 60.

Our senate is captured for at least the next 15 years. And these...

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are the people that make or rescind our laws. Add to this fact, the Trudeau gov't has also appointed over 80% of our judiciary.

Any of these positions are extremely difficult to expunge, as the termination process is nearly impossible.

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In summary;

Canadians did not vote for Trudeau. In fact, only 0.1% ever cast a ballot directly for Trudeau to govern out of our 26,000,000 eligible voters.

The left has captured our politics, our media, our senate (the ways our laws are passed) and our judiciary.

Is...

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Canada broken? I think so.

We are not a democracy, though we have the appearance of one. In a true democracy, we would all have a say in our leadership.

We would all have a say in those who make our laws.

We do not. Canada has been captured.
Without a shot fired.

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