The wise Young Liberals of Canada are looking for boldness and relevancy in the 21st century, and what better way to bring forth their brave new vision of the country than to ditch the monarchy. Gotta admire the neat rationality of it all, to say nothing of their diamond timing:
WHEREAS Canada is a multicultural nation, built by people from many diverse backgrounds and where at present no Canadian citizen can ever aspire to be head of state of our own country;
WHEREAS Canadians believe in earning one’s position in life and not being simply born into privilege;
WHEREAS our head of state should be a true representative of the People of Canada;
WHEREAS Canada prides itself in being a democratic nation, with democratic institutions;
WHEREAS foreign law bars individuals not of the Anglican faith from rising to the position of head of state of Canada;
WHEREAS Canada’s head of state should conform to Canadian laws of gender and religious equality represented in the Charter of Rights and Freedom;
WHEREAS Canadians pay more to maintain the monarchy than the British;
WHEREAS an unelected individual can and is prepared to supersede the will of the Parliament;
BE IT RESLOVED [sic] that the Liberal Party of Canada, urge the Parliament of Canada to form an all party committee to study the implementation of instituting a Canadian head of state popularly elected and sever formal ties with the British Crown.
It seems to me that in the last election, Canadians severed formal ties with the Liberals...
ReplyDeleteDesperation thy name is Liberal.
ReplyDeleteWell just as the crown is secured in New Zealand and Australia, it comes under fire in Canada! Be warned, you may yet have to fight in a referendum. To top it all off the British Union is under threat from the SNP. We can only pray that come the Jubilee, across the crown commonwealth it ignites the Union Flag patriotism that no doubt the colonies felt during the last Diamond Jubilee.
ReplyDeleteCanada will never abolish its Monarchy because that would require unanimous consent of all 10 provinces, which will never happen.
ReplyDeleteColby Cosh summed it up brilliantly yesterday on Twitter. I apologize gentlemen for the four letter word, but I can't help myself in this particular case: "I am tempted to join the Liberal republicans just to watch their fucking faces when Don Cherry gets elected President."
ReplyDelete@Western Civ: Don't get complacent. Right before the reform of the succession law, all the monarchists were saying "equal primogeniture will never be adopted because it would require the unanimous consent of all 16 Commonwealth Realms, which will never happen." Then, a few weeks later, it happened.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't saying that, @samstarrett. I'm delighted about the succession changes! In my opinion, they are a good move.
ReplyDeleteThe difference lies in the ease by which the two changes could be effected - the succession changes require mere legislation, and my guess is that HMQ leaned on the prime ministers at CHOGM to facilitate the change.