Listeners share their thoughts on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s announcement that they will live in Canada part-time step back from royal duties. Executive Director of Republic Now quoted by CBC at 1:09:00.
Category: Monarchy in Canada
Harry, Meghan and the need for a Canadian ‘Rexit’
We’re not the country we were 150 years ago; we’ve outgrown the monarchy, an institution that has no relevance to the society we’ve built – Peter Donolo Given the truly calamitous news of the first days of this new decade – from the raging Australian fires to conflict and tragedy in the Middle East to…
Are Prince Andrew and even Prince Charles really suited to their current symbolic roles in Canada’s Constitution?
Counterweights.ca, the political affairs blog of Randall White, one of RN’s founding members, is running an article by RN’s Executive Director which argues that Prince Charles and Prince Andrew’s associations with pedophiles and sex offenders make them unfit for roles in Canada’s government and official protocols … [Read the full article]
Ad campaign for a Canadian head of state unveiled today
TORONTO, April 27 — The first ever ad campaign urging that a Canadian replace the British monarch as our head of state was unveiled in Toronto, today. Republic Now, a not-for-profit, non-partisan advocacy group, has placed banner ads on the sides of city buses bearing the message “We don’t need a king. Our next head…
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…