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Infobox: Term length

Wouldn't that be at the governor general's pleasure? as the governor general appointed the prime minister? Just wondering. GoodDay (talk) 21:54, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No. The Governor General is the representative of the Crown, not the Crown itself. Mediatech492 (talk) 22:50, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've noticed that "Governor General's Pleasure" is used in the infoboxes at Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Bahamas & other forms or no forms at all, at other non-UK Commonwealth realm prime ministers' infoboxes. So, kinda thought it somewhat out-of-sync, at this page. GoodDay (talk) 01:53, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can't assume that all Commonwealth countries are the same. In Australia, there is a dispute over exactly who is the head of state, the monarch or the GovGen, which could explain that usage in the wikipedia article: Australian head of state dispute. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 02:12, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's no dispute in Australia, as their head of state is the monarch. The latter page you mention, was basically created to promote the false dispute & should be deleted. GoodDay (talk) 03:16, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Coat of Arms of Canada infobox

The Royal arms should be added to the info box, Firstly this was commonplace on this info box until recently, secondly the royal arms are widely used to symbolise the office of Prime Minister as they are the King of Canada first minister and chief advisor (on Canadian state affairs) see https://www.pm.gc.ca/en secondly on the page of the Canadian government website canada.ca referring to the use of the Royal arms and other symbols of state "Symbols such as the Coat of Arms of Canada, the “Canada” Wordmark, and the Government of Canada Signature are normally reserved for use by the Government of Canada" as the prime minister is the leader of the Government of Canada and head of the office of the Prime Minister which uses the royal arms as its department symbol see Office of the Prime Minister (Canada) and Coat of arms of Canada therefore it is improper to not have the royal arms on the prime ministers page. Knowledgework69 (talk) 15:11, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

New edit

Justin Trudeau just resigned, so i decided to add this to the page. WHEOOButEncyclopedia (talk) 20:42, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

JANUARY 6 2025

Prime Minister has not resigned. The current Prine Minister is Justin Trudeau.

STOP EDITING IT. 2605:B100:352:1D32:101A:6A67:3422:D736 (talk) 20:57, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

CNN reports he has resigned and he was quoted saying "“I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its new leader,” as long as it is mentioned he is remaining a caretaker till someone is chosen to replace him but he has resigned nonetheless https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/canada-justin-trudeau-resignation-01-06-25/index.html Ticketthedog (talk) 21:17, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The office of Prime Minister is not vacant. Also if youre going to use a news source about a Canadian topic, use a Canadian news source.

THE OFFICE IS NOT VACANT. THERE IS NO CARETAKER GOVERNMENT. The government has not fallen nor is it in an election THUS there is ZERO caretaker talk. 24.244.89.112 (talk) 03:30, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Ticketthedog: IP is correct. If you take the time to read the CNN article, you can see that he has not stepped down yet (emphasis mine): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he intends to step down as the country’s prime minister, leaving office once a new ruling party leader is chosen. ARandomName123 (talk)^{Ping me!} 05:12, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]