it appears in Canada, that two men can be considered fully qualified to be both Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, without a professional degree between them,  having never written a thesis on anything, having never taught in academia, having no prior career experience in business, the law, the military, the sciences, engineering, the forestry, mining or energy sectors, medicine, the financial or technology sectors, the foreign service, police work, or the blue collar or white collar trades 

it doesn't shock me then  that the conversation is revolving around how sunny they appear to the electorate as a means to address our low expectations...since each of these men routinely state they understand what Canadians want  and how best to ensure they get it., based I will assume, on osmosis alone