Should Canada rid itself of the monarchy?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

Poll question: Should Canada rid itself of the monarchy?

For me, it's a massive yes, of course.

[ArkDem]

1. A definate

who cares?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

10. I guess the people who answered the poll care.

Glad that answers your question.

[ArkDem]

13. "How about them Oilers, eh?".

[Padraig18]

2. The very concept of 'royalty' ...

...leaves me in mortal danger of pissing myself while laughing hysterically. I kneel to no mortal, thank you!

[bif]

3. It one of the things I love about Canada.

I enjoy seeing the queen on your money. And listening to CBC News refer to the Queen's land and Queen's Counsel, etc.

[physioex]

4. Wouldn't that put the tabloids out of business?? EOM

[Minstrel Boy]

5. I dunno. I think they're kinda fun.

It's like having an official mascot. If we didn't have the Queen, I'd want our official head of state to be a guy in a plush beaver costume.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

9. As long as it's elected beaver.

I'd like to see the beaver square off against a guy in a moose outfit. That's democracy.

[dolo amber]

28. Only if it's you

in the moose outfit. :evilgrin: :D

[dand]

6. Yes from a former Canadian,

I still love Canada, after living in the US for 40 years, but the monarchy:puke:

[Spazito]

7. On my scale of important issues, this one rates at about...

-10. It is simply a holdover that is ceremonial and costs us a few bucks and to rid ourselves of it isn't worth the trouble to do it. It does no harm and ties us to our history so I voted No.

[Bombtrack]

8. People who are into the royals disturb me

So a COUNTRY that is is just out of their minds. BTW is pot going to be decriminalized in Canadaup while on the subject of our neighbors to the north?

[SeveneightyWhoa]

11. It's one of the few things that still separates us from America, so...

..NO! I think we should keep it.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

12. If we have to rely on someone else's monarchy to define ourselves.

We're in trouble.

[libhill]

15. I`m not a Canadian

but I agree, you should keep it. Your ties to Britain keep you safe from the maniacs running our country. Without those ties, the B.F.E.E. might decide that you guys are a "threat to our freedom". Call me crazy, but I wouldn`t put anything past those stupid fuks.

[Liberal Classic]

20. Divine right of kings?

You're welcome to it. kthx

[Screaming Lord Byron]

22. No, I insist. Please take it!

[Liberal Classic]

25. Take my king, please!

With apologies to Henny Youngman.

[karabekian]

14. while they are at it

they should get rid of that abomination known as Shaira law that they have allowed to creep into their supposedly secular country. That is a huge set back for womens rights there. It makes me sick.

[AP]

23. Sharia law actually isn't too bad. Sharia divorce is very fair to women.

Was there anything in particular that you don't like about it?

[TrogL]

16. Will it reduce the cost of gasoline at the pump?

[TN al]

17. I thought they already had...

...didn't they have a new constitution a few years ago, and didn't they drop out of the commonwealth at the same time, and didn't they change July 1 from Dominion Day to Canada Day at the same time, and didn't they get rid of the governor general at the same time? Please tell me, I would really like to know. As a person who holds dual citizenship I am woefully ignorant of things Canadian. (Although compared to other Americans I am a genius about it.) And that Canadian citizenship thing? Maybe they took that away at the same time. It appears that my eligibilty to declare myself a citizen depends upon whether I am speaking to an English official or a French official. Maybe if I spoke with a French accent their opinions would change?

[Hand]

18. No and Yes...

Canada's still in the commonwealth and still has the Gov. General (royal representative), but did indeed change Dominion Day to Canada Day.

As to your dual citizenship... that seems to depend on all kinds of odd and often shifty conditions. I'm a dual US/Canadian citizen, having been naturalized Canadian in 1994. Doing so didn't automatically lose me my US citizenship, but for many others in earlier times it did.

If your parents were of two different nationalities (US and Canadian), it can be very complicated... If you were born Candian but naturalized US, I'm not sure what the story is. It might well depend on when you were naturalized, etc.

:hi:

[Hand]

19. Yeah, get rid of it...

I look forward to the day when the free citizens of the Canadian republic no longer need touch their forelocks to the talentless and decadent offspring of an obscure branch of the German nobility. Windsor, hell; they're Saxe-Coburgs and everyone knows it.

:evilgrin:

[Screaming Lord Byron]

21. Right. It's all sound and fury signifying nothing.

They contribute nothing and offend this egalitarian democrat purely by their position. That and they're real ugly.

[AP]

24. NO country should have a monarchy. What a waste of resources!

What a bad symbol!

Equality of opportunity on a level playing field. That's the way to go. No inherited privilege.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

26. Right, AP. That sums it up well.

[dsc]

27. If you do

don't invest head of government and head of state in the same person. That is how we got in so much trouble here with both Nixon and Bush.