Does Canada Really Need The Monarchy?

[DaSleeper]

What I am seeing in the various replies and in the links provided is that people really don't know exactly what a constitutional monarchy is or what the monarchy's roll is within that constitution. So I have to ask, how can one argue against something when they really don't know what it does? Case in point, this link that was provided:
19 Foremost Advantages and Disadvantages of Monarchy | Green Garage

This link does not apply to Canada at all.

The next link:

10 Things the Queen of England Still Does for Canada | Mental Floss

This is VERY simplistic and get's it wrong from the very beginning. Our head of state is the Queen of Canada, not the Queen of England. There is a distinct difference, even though the same person fills both rolls. The implication is, that England still has some say in how our government is run and that could not be further from the truth.

In that same write up it states that the Queen appoints the Governor General and the various Lieutenant Generals, while this may technically be true, realistically it is not. The Government of Canada recommends someone to the Queen and that person is then appointed by the Queen. It has been many many years since the "Crown" appointed a GG that was not a "recommendation" by the sitting Government of Canada.

I assumed everybody knew that....

Guess I was wrong!

 

[gerryh]

Well, it has worked anyways. Whether it has worked well or not is a matter of opinion. The cost would be high, yes. I said that, too. A change bringing "no real improvement in the way Canada's Government works" would be a matter of opinion as well.

Like I said. We are stuck with the deadbeat.

I'm not seeing you post anything explaining why a Constitutional Monarchy is so bad. You make unsubstantiated statements about deadbeats and that the Queen and her representatives do nothing for Canada. The fact that we pay NOTHING directly to the Queen and her family has been glossed over by you. You have made ridiculous statements concerning Government house and ridiculous statements about using 24 sussex. 24 sussex is the Prime Ministers residence, we would need to replace the GG/Queen with someone and that someone would need a residence along with a salary. There would be NOTHING saved in the residences or in the salary's paid to the GG and the LG's. This is a fact.