Toronto Star: Possibility of Canada to abolish the monarchy?
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2022 3:09 pm
So you want Canada to abolish the monarchy? Here’s why that’s basically impossible
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federa ... sible.html
So you want to get rid of the monarchy in Canada?
Legal and constitutional experts agree: It’s practically impossible.
In the wake of the death of Queen Elizabeth II — whose 70-year reign was the longest in Canadian history — Canadians are again questioning whether it makes sense for the country’s head of state to be a hereditary monarch who lives in the United Kingdom. The Queen’s eldest son, King Charles III, automatically became Canada’s head of state upon his mother’s death.
The monarch plays no role in the day-to-day affairs of state in this country. Those duties — including dissolving Parliament, swearing in a new government, and granting royal assent so bills passed by Parliament become law — fall to the monarch’s representative in Canada, the governor general.
One recent poll found that just 35 per cent of Canadians want the country to remain a constitutional monarchy with Charles as head of state, while 44 per cent were opposed and 21 per cent weren’t sure. The survey from Pollara Strategic Insights found that more than half of respondents aged 18 to 34 wanted the monarchy abolished.
Questions around the future of the monarchy also come on the heels of a former Commonwealth realm, Barbados, cutting ties with the monarchy last year and becoming a republic.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federa ... sible.html
So you want to get rid of the monarchy in Canada?
Legal and constitutional experts agree: It’s practically impossible.
In the wake of the death of Queen Elizabeth II — whose 70-year reign was the longest in Canadian history — Canadians are again questioning whether it makes sense for the country’s head of state to be a hereditary monarch who lives in the United Kingdom. The Queen’s eldest son, King Charles III, automatically became Canada’s head of state upon his mother’s death.
The monarch plays no role in the day-to-day affairs of state in this country. Those duties — including dissolving Parliament, swearing in a new government, and granting royal assent so bills passed by Parliament become law — fall to the monarch’s representative in Canada, the governor general.
One recent poll found that just 35 per cent of Canadians want the country to remain a constitutional monarchy with Charles as head of state, while 44 per cent were opposed and 21 per cent weren’t sure. The survey from Pollara Strategic Insights found that more than half of respondents aged 18 to 34 wanted the monarchy abolished.
Questions around the future of the monarchy also come on the heels of a former Commonwealth realm, Barbados, cutting ties with the monarchy last year and becoming a republic.