Time for Canada, finally, to talk about becoming a republic. We owe it to ourselves. ANDREW COHEN SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Sept. 16, 2022 Andrew Cohen is a journalist, a professor at Carleton University and author of The Unfinished Canadian: The People We Are. The response among the chattering class to the death…
Category: Monarchy in the Commonwealth
How hard would it be for Canada to follow Barbados and become yet another Commonwealth republic?
SPECIAL FROM ASHOK CHARLES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, REPUBLIC NOW/RÉPUBLIQUE DU CANADA, TORONTO/THUNDER BAY. OCTOBER 18, 2020 : That Barbados has resolved to transition from constitutional monarchy to constitutional democracy (see “Barbados To Become A Republic by 2021”) also has relevance for Canada. Explaining the coming changeover, Barbados’ Governor General, Sandra Mason, said : “Barbadians want a…
Republic Now ad campaign is a first, and a grassroots push
May 18, 2016 –Toronto As Victoria Day approaches, Republic Now announces an ad campaign to help ensure Elizabeth II is the last British monarch to reign over Canada. Republic Now plans to take out ads on public transit that challenge Canada’s habit of plagiarizing Britain’s head of state. It’s the first ad campaign to ever…
Union Jack is just the tip of the flagpole
You’ll forgive Syrian refugees who arrived Friday if they’re a little confused about where they’ve landed. Ottawa ordered all federal facilities to fly the British flag on December 11–including at airports. It does so every year to mark the anniversary of the Statute of Westminster, the British act which finally recognized Canadian nationhood in 1931….
Australia’s Governor-General backs an Australian Republic
The Queen’s representative in Australia, Governor-General Quentin Bryce, has declared support for her country becoming a republic in an extraordinary speech which is set to reignite debate about the nation’s ties to Britain. Ms Bryce became the first Governor-General to back an Australian republic – a position which puts her at odds with Prime Minister,…