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Originally Posted by stampsx2
No i don't get this. He ran to be the leader of a country not the leader of a minority government. If he loses and chooses to step aside to give a more engaged party leader a shot at leadership, that's his choice.
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So if he can't rule Canada as a dictator it's perfectly reasonable for him to abandon his constituents? The whole point of our democratic system is that each candidate runs to become an MP and represent the constituents of the given riding, and then the leader of the party that so happens to have the most seats gets to be the Prime Minister.
To resign as soon as you find out you won't be able to rule the entire country in a dictatorial fashion is not only a giant middle finger to the constituents of the riding, it's a giant middle finger to the entire concept of democracy.
My 2c.