you CAN't just not appoint a replacement. Under our present form of government and constitution, if there was no GG then all laws passed by Parliment and the Senate would then have to be sent off to Buckingham for the Queens consent. Parlimentary sessions could NOT be opened, nor could they be closed. Elections could not be called, and that's just the begining.
Andrew drank too much scotch and thought he was outsmarting the country. Little details like constitutional law and elections were overlooked.
throw up.
You have to forgive Gerry. He has a habit of putting the mouth in gear....you know...
Andrew made a lot of sense.
Simply abolishing our constitutional monarchy is staggeringly short sighted, an issue like this requires a lot of careful thought. This is a very major constitutional change.
A major constitutional change indeed which isn't to be taken lightly. But we'll have to face that change one day or another. It's just a question of time before silver spoon monarchy gets the boot and we find something better and more worthy of Canada.
We need a whole new constitution and form of government. Our present one is full of flaws and only serves the interests of the ruling class and corporations. But politically, Canadians are pansies. If we should suddenly stop getting screwed, we would think the sky is falling.
Andrew Coyne, a columnist for Macleans magazine, had a good suggestion on CBC the other night when discussing the relevancy of the monarchy. When the current GG's term expires next Sept 2010, just don't appoint a new GG. Many companies do this, let the position go empty for a while and see what happens. If the job is not missed, then it is eliminated and money is saved.
But not just money, needless bureaucracy is shed and a new way of doing things can emerge. Which is the whole idea of us in the New World and getting a new take on the world. The fake British traditions in Parliament and our legislatures needs a few tests. I like this one. Shake it up.
Why is the grass greener in a different system? The only time we bitch about the GG is when we have nothing else to bitch about, and it's generally for no particular reason (like this).
O, I agree! The monarchy and its trappings are way down on everyone's list of what is important.
you CAN't just not appoint a replacement. Under our present form of government and constitution, if there was no GG then all laws passed by Parliment and the Senate would then have to be sent off to Buckingham for the Queens consent. Parlimentary sessions could NOT be opened, nor could they be closed. Elections could not be called, and that's just the begining.
This is the part we find so offensive. Having to ask permission from an unelected foreigner permission to make a law in Canada. Whether it is signed by the queen or here unelected representative here makes no difference. It is just embarrassing and a waste of money.
This is the part we find so offensive. Having to ask permission from an unelected foreigner permission to make a law in Canada. Whether it is signed by the queen or here unelected representative here makes no difference. It is just embarrassing and a waste of money.
... and just plain silly. "Daddy, is it ok with you if we do this? Mommy, can we do that?"
Then petition parliment to change the constitution.
lol Yup. It's right up there in importance like the Gliberals idea of art.
They only spent $1.8 million on this:
Voice of Fire by Barnett Newman, 1967
Reasons to retain the British monarch as our head of state.
1. To remind us that we have not outgrown our colonial past, either French or English.
2. To confirm that we do not have the self confidence to become independent.
3. To mask the undemocratic structures in our government.
4. To remind us that inherited position is more valued than merit.
5. To renounce domestic for foreign symbols.
6. To have two sides to our coins.
7. To keep the curtsy in vogue.
8. To fight for king and country.
Etc.
So did gerryh, far more than Andrew Coyne did if the comments here on his article are accurate (I don't subscribe to the magazine, so I haven't read the piece).
