Canada's banks were still under the equivalent of Glass-Steagall restrictions at the time, and the government had kept them on a very short leash in many other

Canada's banks were still under the equivalent of Glass-Steagall restrictions at the time, and the government had kept them on a very short leash in many other respects. Your analysis is 180 degrees removed fom reality. I don't know where the heck you're getting the nonsense about the Queen from either, the Canadian Prime Minister selects senators at his own discretion and the royal involvment in the process is just ceremonial.