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
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The 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
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: The Role Hereditary Chiefs are Playing in the Pipeline Protests out West
Anyone paying attention to national politics in Canada islikely to have heard about a new round of protests in BritishColumbia around the pipeline being built there. Now undernormal circumstances a protest over pipelines isn’t really astory I would cover except for one tiny detail; It is beingorganized and led by
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: The Declaration of Dependence
Photo Credit: Journal of the American Revolution Faded cursive writing on a wrinkled, water-damaged sheet ofpaper is all that remains of an important counter-point to theDeclaration of Independence. The document is known as theLoyalist Declaration of Dependence and it was pennedin 1776 in New York. A transcript of the text is as
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Mutual Respec- Oh Shiny!
The Queen’s annual Christmas message has been released.It covered several topics but a big one was the need for mutualrespect between people and the corrosive effect tribalism can have. It talked about the good the Commonwealth Games doin bringing diverse peoples together to emphasize sharedvalues. It even included a small
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Culprits Behind Recent Monarchist Group Vandalism Identified and Dealt With
The recent case of a monarchist group on Facebook beingthe victim of hacking has been solved. In a statement postedto their page by the admins they state that three members have been removed from the group. Their names are Ms.Stazija Zikanovic (former admin), Mr. Nićifor Damjanović(former admin), & Mr. Duje Jerkovic. Ms. Stazija Zikanovic
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Monarchist Group Hacked On Facebook Soldiers On
On December 13th the MonarchistsFacebook page was the victim ofvandalism after an Admin’s accountwas compromised. The attack lastedfrom 6AM EST until 8AM EST. During that time group members along with their posts weredeleted at a rate of 10 members per minute. The culprit didstop to take a breather between 6:30 and
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Meme Monday #3
Makes me smile every time. This video is from the Queen’s 90th birthday celebration. Shedoes love her animals. My mother often has the same reactionto cows, sheep, goats, etc. Loyally Yours,A Kisaragi Colour
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Prince’s Trust Canada Helping Preserve And Revitalize Indigenous Languages
The Prince’s Trust Canada (which isthe successor to The Prince’s CharitiesCanada with the name change occurringin August) has undertaken severalinitiatives to provide books and teachingtools in a range of Native languages.Announced in June the goal of thatinitiative was to have five different booksfor elementary school age children, distributed inthe Woodland Cree, Plains Cree,
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Jagmeet Singh’s Reply to the Monarchist League of Canada
Photo Credit: Yvonne Bambrick Recently, while doing an interview on the topic of the spending of theformer Governor General AdrienneClarkson, Mr. Singh stated that hedid not see the relevancy of themonarchy and that he was arepublican. Various members of theMonarchist League of Canadasought clarification (and probably totry and convince him
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: The Maple Monarchists Blog Has Joined a Progressive Blog Aggregator. Wait, What?!
Monarchist Grit, Green, & Dipper. For a while now this blog has beentrying to join The ProgressiveBloggers, a blog aggregator forblogs that are progressive innature (if that wasn’t obvious fromthe name). “But monarchy isn’t progressive!” ~progressives & conservatives yelling in unison Since I’ve gotten this comment from both sides I wanted
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Myths Republicans Tell: Only Old People Support the Monarchy
It has been my experience that republicanslike to tell themselves that it is “only amatter of time” before the CanadianMonarchy is abolished. The reasoning isthat young people just don’t support theinstitution. This is closely related to asecond argument about immigrants notsupporting the monarchy (a myth I havepartially dealt with before). But
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: November 12th, 1918
“If the Allies at the peace table at Versailles had not imagined that the sweeping away of long-established dynasties was a form of progress, and if they had allowed a Hohenzollern, a Wittelsbach and a Habsburg to return to their thrones, there would have been no Hitler. A democratic basis
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