The Duke & Duchess of Sussex A recent poll found that 60% ofCanadians would be supportive of Prince Harry becoming Governor General of Canada. Thepoll result is interesting in its own right with younger Canadians being just as supportive of the idea as middle-aged Canadians. But would this even be a good idea? This question is
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The Maple Monarchists - Blog: The Canadian Monarchy in the Year Ahead
While 2019 has been an exciting year politically, the CanadianMonarchy has been low-key in a lot of ways. The GovernorGeneral seems to have adapted to her new role and put hermark on it. The government’s questionable decision to cancelthe free royal portrait program was balanced out by the recentappointment of
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: My Reply to John Boyko
On December 1st the Toronto Star published an opinion piece by John Boyko, an author of seven books on Canadian history and politics. In this opinion piece John lays out his views on abolishing the monarchy (he is for it). I foundmyself angrier than I expected upon reading his take on the issue which required some reflection on
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Donald Booth Named Canadian Secretary to the Queen
The Canadian Secretary to the Queen is the primary means of communication between the cabinet and the monarch. They have important roles in advising the monarch and helping to organize royal tours. The role has been vacant since 2017 when the last CSQ, Kevin MacLeod stepped down. A vacancy of a couple years is
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: The Trudeau Liberals and the Monarchy: A Retrospective on Four Years
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Canada is well into a federal election and I wanted to take this chance to look back at what the government has done Vis-à-vis the monarchy. I will state right off the bat that this blog takes no stance on who anyone should vote for. This article is provided for educational purposes to assist with making
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: Canadian Royal Tour Stories
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
Continue readingThe 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Canadian Viceregal News: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
David Johnston It has been an interesting couple ofmonths for several of Canada’s viceregal office-holders. The media is actually paying attention to them. And despitethis traditionally only occurring whensomeone has done something…unwise,the coverage has actually had some bright spots. So I thought I’d give a quick overviewof what the media
Continue readingThe Maple Monarchists - Blog: What Fallout Would There Be For Canada If Australia Became A Republic?
For those watching Australian politicsAugust was an exciting month. Aftertwo leadership votes in the governingLiberal Party Malcolm Turnbull hasbeen turfed. Malcolm Turnbull This is good news for all loyal subjectsof Her Majesty as Malcolm Turnbullwas a noted republican. He wasreplaced by Scott Morrison who is seenas being more monarchy-friendly. It should be
Continue readingThe Tory Pirate - Politics & Policy: Progressivism & Monarchy
(Originally posted to The Maple Monarchists on November 28th) It is not a secret that, as a general rule, conservatives seem to support monarchy more thanprogressives. While it is true that conservative support for tradition and established authoritymake support for monarchy quite natural what aspect of monarchy makes it such anincomparable ideal for progressives?This question has played in the back of my mind for a while now. I ponder it a […]
Continue readingThe Tory Pirate - Politics & Policy: Conservatives Announce Their Shadow Cabinet & Critic Roles
The Conservative Party announced its Shadow Cabinet and Critic roles today. Of the various MPs holding Oppositionroles there are six I will be in contact with in the immediate future (by which I mean after Parliament’s website updatesits contact information). Here are the six I have my eye on, their portfolio, and the reason for my interest in them. Hon. Maxime BernierInnovation, Science and Economic Development As I have written about several times I am critical of Canada’s intell […]
Continue readingThe Tory Pirate - Politics & Policy: The NDP "is not planning any changes to our current form of the parliamentary system"
It is not often I get to talk about issues related to the monarchy on this blog. I mostly keep that on the other blog I writefor. However the Monarchist League of Canada recently surveyed the main federal parties on their views towards theCanadian Monarchy. One of the answers was
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