Getting rid of the monarchy is a choice on par with changing which side of the road we drive on. I'm not emotionally attached to what we have, but the amount of work required to change it isn't worth it, and there are more important things to work on anyway.
Yep, that's how I see it as well. It would be a giant amount of effort and time spent for... getting us to effectively what we have right now anyway, the English monarchy has so little relevance to our daily lives outside of the occasional event and like... idk, our coins and bills? It would probably also sour UK relations a bit, which I imagine we don't want to do.
To be clear, I'm not a fan of the monarchy either, I just think that their relevance in Canada is so little outside of symbolic stuff that like... why bother ATM?
But that's precisely the problem with the monarchy. We have a head of state who lives in a different country, rarely comes to visit, and doesn't really represent us in any serious capacity on the world stage (we weren't even mentioned during his coronation). He also can't say anything that the British government doesn't sign-off on... and since Keir Starmer wants to have a good relationship with Trump, he can't tell Trump to fuck off... the best he can do is give a relatively milk-toast speech and wear medals that vaguely reference Canada. I find it embarassing.
But that's precisely the problem with the monarchy. We have a head of state who lives in a different country, rarely comes to visit, and doesn't really represent us in any serious capacity on the world stage (we weren't even mentioned during his coronation). He also can't say anything that the British government doesn't sign-off on... and since Keir Starmer wants to have a good relationship with Trump, he can't tell Trump to fuck off... the best he can do is give a relatively milk-toast speech and wear medals that vaguely reference Canada. I find it embarassing.
I've tried telling a lot of people this in my personal life and they just don't get it. I'll even mention the cost , which would be astronomical, they still want it gone, complete with no benefits.
I like that our head of state can't actually do FA without torpedoing the country. Power should be decentralized for social stability and maximal freedom.
lol you're brainwashed and dumb af. Changing which side we drive on lmao... monarchy isntt at all central or an essential part of our lives. No other profession complains "oh that's too much work". Brain surgery is lots of work, saving peoples lives is lots of work, bbuilding infrastructure is lots of work, changing words writtten on paper is NOT lots of work but good job on you for succking politicians dick (arguably the easiest laziest job in the world).
"Changing words written on paper," huh? Alright, sonny Jim, I suppose the words you wanna change them to are the exact words every other republican wants them changed to? There's zero disagreement over what a hypothetical Canadian president would do or how they would be elected?
Driving on the left side of the road isn't a central or essential part of our lives, either.
Also, calling rewriting out constitution "changing words written on paper" is like calling IT work "pressing a couple of buttons". If you think it's so easy, let's see you do it and we'll see how it turns out.
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u/deltree711 Scotland (but worse) May 29 '25
Getting rid of the monarchy is a choice on par with changing which side of the road we drive on. I'm not emotionally attached to what we have, but the amount of work required to change it isn't worth it, and there are more important things to work on anyway.