"Still, it seems unimaginable that Mr. O’Leary could win a federal election without being able to converse in both of the country’s official languages."

LOL.
The unimaginable has become mandatory.
Send 10 Mandatory Unthinkable Unimaginables to The Work Force and you could win a free trip for two to the Virgin Islands (That's one!).
  Here's 10 to get you started: War is good, peace is ...er...uh...unimaginable; Canada is an oligarchy,not a democracy; Canada's wealth is being shoveled up, not trickling down; Canada doesn't do peacekeeping,  but sells billions in weapons to barbaric regimes; Canada's leaders are selling out average Canadians to multinational billionaires and immigrants; Canada's poor and elderly are being scapegoated; Donald Trump is president of the U. S.; Columbus Blue Jackets won 16 games in a row; Canada's favorite icon, Wayne Gretzky, endorsed Stephen Harper last election;  president of the US and Vladimir Putin are having a bromance.