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> The queen is a total irrelevance in Canada Not to everyone: http://www.monarchist.ca/ http://www.monarchist.ca/ Although you are right that many people do
by jordigh 11y ago
> The queen is a total irrelevance in Canada
Not to everyone:
http://www.monarchist.ca/ http://www.monarchist.ca/
Although you are right that many people do not care for the Queen, there are still pockets here and there who do, and she's obviously acknowledged everywhere in government, as a tour of Parliament Hill will attest. Newspapers report the prosecution of a criminal trial as "the Crown", and land that belongs to the government is called Crown property.
I have yet to meet a Francophone who has any love for the Queen, though. Some must exist somewhere.
- georges_sand 11y agoI do not see what you speaking of... https://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/trudeaus-pirouette/ https://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/trudeaus-pirou... ;)
- ZanyProgrammer 11y agoI've always figured that the reason why even NDP-ites in Toronto (people who I'm thinking of as the most leftist Canadians) aren't republicans is a desire to stay different from the US in some way. Its simply a way to retain a different Canadian identity.
- allengeorge 11y agoMore likely, it's that the queen is inconsequential in day-to-day governance, and absolutely no one wants to reopen that can of worms that's the Constitution. Especially not after Meech Lake.