I have an occasional interest in stories about Canadians and their interactions with the Royal Family. I don’t think these stories are all that rare as even within the ranks of my 30, or so, coworkers two have shared stories about Royal Tours. The first is a story I have I may have already
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The Maple Monarchists - Blog: Names & Titles Given to Members of the Royal Family by Canada’s First Nations
The Canadian Monarchy has a long history with the original inhabitants of Canada. And despite the failures of successive elected governments to uphold promises made to these First Nations, the relationship between them and the Royal Family remains strong. One comparatively recent expression of this relationship is the giving of names by tribes to Royal Family members.
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: The Mother of Confederation
Recently a preposterous letter was printed in the editorial section of the local newspaper. The author stated that the reason you don’t hear about Canada’s ‘founding mothers‘ is because there were none. He challenged his readers to name one. Challenge accepted. I will provide a short biography of one of them. But there are in
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: The Royals Who Wrote
Recently I’ve been in the process of de-cluttering my bookshelves of some of the hundreds of magazines I’ve bought overthe last few years. After keeping a few stacks of the moreuseful ones I’ve been selling/donating the rest. And while Ihave a good collection of books on monarchs I don’t have anyby
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: A Collection of Loyal Quotes: Part Five
“A king is a king, not because he is richand powerful, not because he is asuccessful politician, not because hebelongs to a particular creed or to anational group. He is King because he isborn. And in choosing to leave theselection of their head of state to thismost common denominator in
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Prince Reza Pahlavi Addresses a Meeting of Phoenix Project Supporters in Toronto
Prince Reza Pahlavi Earlier this month Prince Reza Pahlavi, claimant to the throne of Iran, addressed a meeting of international academics, scientists,strategists, researchers, artists,authors, entrepreneurs, and otherintellectuals gathered in the City ofToronto. The gathering was ofsupporters of The Phoenix Projectof Iran. The Phoenix Project contendsthat the 1979 revolution has stunted scientific discovery andtechnological progress
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Prince Charles Makes Case For Fighting Climate Change to Donald Trump
Prince Charles Donald Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom should be winding down by the time this article is posted. It has been an interesting spectacle to watch. The Queen once again proved she can perform as national hostess to whatever guestpays her a visit. And for DonaldTrump’s part he seems to havebrushed up on royal
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Victoria Day Odds & Ends
The Victoria Day long weekend was somewhat busier than normal this year. There was also some news I wanted to touch on that didn’t warrant their own posts. Cake from last year. This year’s cake was eaten too quick! As in previous years Itreated my coworkersto cake on Saturday. Ialso had
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Brexit: A Case Study on why Messing with the Royal Prerogative is a Bad Idea
Royal Prerogative refers to the powers Her Majesty wields,either of her own accord or under advice from her ministers.They are vast and somewhat poorly understood. They are alsorarely used unilaterally. Even so, their mere existence has attimes led to calls for them to be taken away or modified insome way.
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Candidates in Airdrie-Cochrane on the Canadian Monarchy
Airdrie-Cochrane is just north of Calgary Perhaps it is because I lived in Alberta a number of years ago or maybe it is because I still have family living there but I find it very easy to get dragged into their political discussions. The recent Alberta election has not been any different. And, as is my tradition, I began surveying various candidates on where they stand on
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Meme Monday #5
“A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments.” ~Ezra Stiles Loyally Yours,A Kisaragi Colour
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Alberta’s Freedom Conservatives and the Canadian Monarchy
As regular readers of this blog already know I often survey political parties and their candidates to discovery their views on our monarchy. The focus has often been on the federal level but on occasion I have also surveyed provincial politicians as well. Over the last month I have surveyed the Freedom Conservative Party of Alberta to
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: In Aftermath of New Zealand Attack r/monarchism Bans Those From ‘Radicalizing’ Subreddits
The tragedy that struck New Zealand on March 15th hasfocused many minds on the threat posed by radicalizedindividuals. The responses have varied as people try to cometo grip with how to prevent these sorts of acts of violence inthe future. This has led many to analyze the shooter’s manifesto for
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Canada has had a Female Head of State for One Hundred and One Years of its One Hundred and Fifty-two Year History
I am told that today is International Women’s Day. So it isfitting I post a photo of an international woman. Oh, and so far We’ve had a female prime minister for a grandtotal of five months of that time. Loyally Yours,A Kisaragi Colour
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: That Time Economists Apologized to the Queen for the 2008 Financial Crisis
In November of 2008 Her Majesty wasvisiting the London School of Economics.The financial crisis was well underway andthe Queen took the opportunity to posea question about the scale of the disasterthat everyone had been thinking; “If thesethings were so large, how come everyonemissed them?” It was a fair question thatdeserved
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Jody Wilson-Raybould Demonstrates Nobility in SNC-Lavalin Scandal
Jody Wilson-Raybould Jody Wilson-Raybould is the Member ofParliament for Vancouver Granville, formerAttorney General of Canada, daughter ofhereditary chief Bill Wilson, and Matriarchof the Wewaikai First Nation in her ownright. In recent weeks she has been a keyplayer in understanding the details ofattempts made by individuals in the PrimeMinister’s Office to pressure
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
It is Valentines Day and as such I thought I’d write about aromantic gesture from a very long time ago. The HangingGardens of Babylon was one of the Wonders of the AncientWorld. Considered semi-legendary by modern scholars itscreation is said to have come about due to the great love theking
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Where Hereditary Chiefs Still Rule In Canada
While most hereditary chiefs among Canada’s FirstNations don’t have a formal role in governance there are atleast two places where they do. They are the Buffalo PointFirst Nation and the Ojibway Nation of Saugeen Reserve.Below is an overview of their history, people, and currentchallenges. Buffalo Point First Nation Chief John Thunder
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: My First Hate Mail!
There are milestones in every bloggers life; the first post, firstlike, first comment, first re-tweet, first 1000 daily views. Allhave long-since been surpassed by this blog. But there is onemilestone that has remained stubbornly out of reach: hatemail. If I sound disappointed, I am. One sign that my blog isgetting
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Meme Monday #4
“Prince Charles sunk the Titanic” lol! Another meme from the Monarchists Facebook page. Itis a monarchist take on the NPC Wojak meme that flaredup a little while ago. While I don’t approve of the meme’simplied dehumanizing of republicans it is a good collection ofarguments that republicans use (often in some
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