Ah, these royalists are such a humourless lot of roughians. In gerry's case I find it hard to comprehend a papist supporting an institution that shuns papists, but I guess I am too brain dead to comprehend such an intellectual giant as he.
So You Want to be King/Queen...
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.. and usually comes from the latter portion of the term. Good thing S-lone didn't post an oxymoron.
Now, now, Cliffy. Love the man; hate his mania (dogma 3276).
Better than burgundy cherry!
Hey, Ger- I believe this thread was meant to be whimsical and provide a few chuckles! -
What I am saying is that Canadians should be proud that we have been part of a much-needed modernisation of the institution of the Canadian monarchy. Had one of the fifteen other realms not assented to the proposed revisions, then I would argue that the balance of the realms should have proceeded anyway with changes to the order of succession -- and the "dissenting" realms could have thereby been left to their own devices.
I should note, too, that all provisions of the Canadian constitution are co-independent. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms cannot render other parts of our constitutional framework invalid or unenforceable, and this includes the structure of the Canadian monarchy and the order of succession. (This will likely also hold to be true with the upcoming case respecting the oath of allegiance to the Crown.)
That's a theoretical situation. The fact is that Canada has already consented to changes to the order of succession (as considered and passed by both the Senate and the House of Commons), and that we are now prepared to move forward with a modernised structure for our constitutional monarchy. The shared Crown is a voluntary union and relationship between sixteen countries.
I don't think constitutional monarchy is a "lazy" system at all. Rather, it's the understanding that we have the best system of government in the world with respect to day-to-day efficiencies, flexibility in the formation of politically-supported governments, and ensuring the primacy of democratic direction in decision-making.
Considerable advances have been made to address these concerns -- many of them with the Succession to the Throne Act, 2013 of the Parliament of Canada. I think that Canadians should be proud of the steps that we have taken, as a group of countries, to ensure the modernisation of an institution that has served our countries well, and that will continue to do so with one of the best structures of government in the world.
Hey, Ger- I believe this thread was meant to be whimsical and provide a few chuckles! -
At times he sounds like the Red Queen.
Red Queen : OFF WITH HIS HEAD! (Alice In Wonderland) - YouTube
Hope, I have his colour right.
Fine, but where do you stand on the maple walnut/burgundy cherry/butter pecan issue?
We could put it to a vote; Gerry could give the result Royal ***ent. My Gawd, royal ***ent is expurgated.
Cliffy would be an excellent choice for king. He is already experienced at doing nothing usefull and getting the taxpayer to foot the bill for it.
We could go to war over this! For king and country!
Doesn't going to war for king and country sound so much nicer than for freedom and democracy?