NDP Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Rob Ashton
Source: candidate website The third leadership candidate has now gotten back to me. Rob Ashton represents the labour wing of the NDP. I was particularly interested in hearing from Ashton…
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NDP Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Yves Engler
Source: Yves Engler's Campaign Page The NDP leadership race is going to be a long one with it not set toconclude until 2026. Even so thereare two candidates alreadydeclared. As…
Overview of Pro-Monarchy Voices in Canada
Last month's opening of Parliament by the King was about sending a message. Well, sending a couple messages. It was about sending a message to Trump that Canada had a…
Happy Victoria Day & a Few Odds and Ends
Happy Victoria Day! The health of the Canadian Monarchy has had its ups and downs since this blog began. On this blog's 11th anniversary it is nice to see the…
Liberal Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Frank Baylis
I received a rather unexpected email the other day from former Liberal leadership candidate, Frank Baylis. He is apparently working his way through all of his campaign correspondence. While outside…
2025 Federal Election Leaves NDP with a Mixed Bag of Survivors
To say the recently concluded federal election was bad for theNew Democratic Party is like saying the Hindenburg had aminor accident. The NDP has suffered their single worstresult ever. The…
Republicans Leaving Canadian Federal Politics (by choice or otherwise)
There is a federal election underway and I wanted to take a second to look at what this means for the monarchy. While the monarchy is not directly effected by…
Liberal Party Leadership Race: Views on the Monarchy
This is the first leadership race for the Liberal Party of Canadasince I began carrying out these surveys in 2017. As I have detailed over the years, the Liberal Party…
American Threat Stirs New Interest in the Canadian Monarchy
The Monarchist League of Canada has sent out an email today with updates on its various initiatives. The updateon its social media campaign is worth examining:"We continue to attract queries,…
CFP Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Dominic Cardy
This post is a bit late as the Canadian Future Party has already chosen their leader at their founding convention. I did still want to do a profile on Dominic…
How Might The King Reply to Trump’s Provocations?
King Charles III, King of Canada Donald Trump has made repeatedstatements in recent months aboutthe desirability of Canada becominga state in that most disreputable ofrepublics. This is besides Trump'sthreats to…
A Letter Shared by the Monarchist League of Canada on Practical Ways to Increase Visibility and Understanding of the Canadian Monarchy
On the 26th, the Monarchist League of Canada shared a letterfrom one of its members with practical ways the monarchycould be better highlighted to Canadians. The text of thatletter has…
Canadian Future Party Leadership Race: Views on the Monarchy
This article is a collection of responses from candidate(s) for the leadership of the Canadian Future Party regarding themonarchy. It will continue to be updated as more repliesroll in. This…
Vice-regal Recognitions of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a day set aside to remember those First Nations children who did not return from the government-funded residential schools and those who…
Reflections on the First Official Portrait of King Charles III
Back in June the, much delayed, official portrait of the king was unveiled. At the time I was quite busy organizing an eventin my local community and didn't really have…
A Decade of the Maple Monarchists
Tomorrow will mark ten years of this blog being active. Sure, pedants will note that the first article was published the 14th of May, 2014 but that was an introductory…
Royal Cups: Sports Awards in Canada with Royal Roots
Taaaaaall Cup Across Canada sports events are held every year which have a royal connection or an award connecting back to the monarchy. I wrote about one such event last…
Heraldic Waitlist
It would appear that the Canadian Heraldic Authority has developed a bit of a backlog due to high demand. While certainly an annoyance for anyone seeking a grant of arms,…
The Royal St. John’s Regatta
Photo Credit: Ken Eckert The Royal St. John’s Regatta is North America’s oldest annualsporting competition. It also has had interesting ties to themonarchy since its earliest days. 1818 The earliest…
The Monarchy’s Situation in Ontario
Premier Doug Ford There has been a couple of initiativesundertaken by the Ontario Governmentrecently which might be of interest toCanadian monarchists. The first is therenaming of Ontario’s medal of merit…