The 2015 Annual General Meeting of Republic Now/République du Canada will take place in Toronto on Saturday, November 21st at Metro Hall, Room 304, at 1:00 PM. Metro Hall is at 55 John Street, Toronto, the southeast corner of King & John Streets. Reports will be given by the organization’s executive team, with time reserved…
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Canadian election 2015 : Ask about a democratic head of state at your local all-candidates meeting
The official campaign just began on Sunday, August 2. But unofficially the real Canadian federal election of 2015 has been under way since as long ago as the 24th of May. Back on June 19 the veteran CBC TV pundit Andrew Coyne urged that there “has never been an election campaign like the one on…
What are Prince Charles’s ‘black spider memos’?
Michael McAteer on This Hour Has 22 Minutes,
UPDATE: to date, This House Has 22 Minutes has NOT aired this segment. Michael McAteer, a founding member of Republic Now/ République du Canada and a Director on its Board, will appear in an interview to be aired on the CBC television program, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, on Tuesday, March 17, 8:30 pm. EDT….
Will a Passion for Royalty Ruin a Prime Minister’s Career?
It has been a long time since a prince toppled a prime minister. But this is what could happen in Australia. When the adamantly monarchist prime minister, Tony Abbott, announced that he was going to make the heavily titled, gaffe-prone Prince Philip a knight, the nation laughed — then groaned. And now, as a direct…