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In fairness, Canada's female PM wasn't democratically elected, was only in power for 2.5 months, and came to power after the current PM stepped down due to unpo
by abandonliberty 10y ago
In fairness, Canada's female PM wasn't democratically elected, was only in power for 2.5 months, and came to power after the current PM stepped down due to unpopularity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Mulroney#Retirement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Mulroney#Retirement
This has parallels to the current UK situation.
I understand the response to perceived American ethnocentrism, but I wouldn't minimize the significance of Hillary/Trump.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> In fairness, Canada's female PM wasn't democratically elected Like US Presidents, Canadian PMs are elected by others who are directly elected; unlike US Presidents and many Canadian PMs, Kim Campbell was not chosen immediately after the election of the body by whom she was chosen. Characterizing this as not being "democratically elected" but the usual election of US Presidents being one that is "democratically elected", however, requires a non-obvious interpretation of what "democratic" means when applied to an election.
- abandonliberty 10y agoYou could have clarified my point, yet chose to go in the other direction. Interesting. I'm curious why you interact with the world in this way.