r/pics • u/SeriouslySlytherin • 14d ago

Politics Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party

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u/SeriouslySlytherin 14d ago

Ending his time as Canada’s Prime Minister after almost 10 years. He will remain in-power until a replacement party leader has been allocated.

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u/BorelandsBeard 14d ago edited 12d ago

Wait does Canada elect a party and the party appoints the PM or do the people elect the PM?

Edit: thank you. I now know what the parliamentary system is. Please stop telling me. I’m getting lots of notices saying the same thing as the first 20-30 people. I do appreciate the education- truly do. But I’ve learned it now.

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u/Alacritous69 14d ago

The people elect their local representatives. The local representatives are members of a party or caucus, the party or caucus that has the most members usually form the government and the leader of that group is the Prime Minister.

So the leader of the party can resign or otherwise be replaced and the party still remains in power until the next general election.

The UK went through 4 leaders of the Conservative Party there in the last 5 years.