I understand what you're saying - I just don't agree with you. No need for insults or captious remarks. You see your democracy as highjacked and I see your democracy as working as it's designed. It's just not working as you'd like so you see it as failing. That's myopic. To compare the functioning Canadian democracy with the failed American democracy is a false equivalence. I envy what you have in Canada, imperfect as it may be. I hope you don't fuck it up like we have in the states.
You say that because you do not understand how Canadian politics works. One of the major things is we lack term lengths which is necessary to keep dictators from taking over as Trudeau has. You do not vote for the Prime Minister. He is merely a member of parliament, who also happens to be the leader of their political party in power.
There are only two types of voters who have a say in who they want as the Prime Minister:
1. Those who vote for the leader of their political party.
2. Those who vote in the same riding as the party leader.
Being the leader of a political party does not guarantee you a seat in the House of Commons. Maxime Bernier is one example of this.
Regarding those who vote for the leader of their political party, it is the equivalent for voting for the Presidential candidate of either the Democratic or Republican party in the USA. The major difference between the Canadian political system and American system is the length of their time in the position.
In Canadian politics, the leader of a political party remains leader even if their party does not get voted into government, which leads to two outcomes after an election:
1. The party holds a leadership review during a convention to determine if their leader gets to keep his job.
2. The party leader resigns.
Until that happens the political leader keeps their job for life.
This represents a constant issue in Canadian politics. The Head of Government in the USA, which happens to be the President, is elected directly by the people. The President also serves as the Head of State for the nation. The problem is the inability of voters to directly choose who controls the government of our nation. Canada does not elect their own Head of State. As Canada is a constitutional monarchy, the Monarch of the United Kingdom, also the Monarch of Canada, is the Head of State. And they have a representative in each of the dominions of the United Kingdom on their behalf including Canada. The Governor General of Canada is appointed by the Prime Minister. They have representative powers on behalf of the Monarch. And since the Prime Minister appoints the Head of State, they will almost always work in the best interests of them and not the public.
The Prime Minister of Canada holds more power in Canada then the President of the United States does in the USA. They are able to appoint members of the Senate, the Judicial court, call an election when they feel the need to, etc.. Since the Monarch holds little to no relevance in Canada, we often treat the Prime Minister as the Head of State.
Since the Prime Minister is also appointed by the Monarch on the advice of the Governor General, they can serve as long as he holds confidence of both the Monarch and the House of Commons which can be forever until they loose the confidence of the House of Commons (hence why Trudeau formed a Socialist coup with Singh) or loose the election (hence why Trudeau has mass immigration).