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 […]
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 […]
April 21, 2016 –Toronto The United States promises to feature a historic Canadian resident on its next $20 bill, something Canada, itself, has never done, but which is long overdue. Harriet Tubman, the famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad and who lived for eight years in St. Catharines, Ontario, will replace Andrew Jackson on the […]
March 14, 2016–Toronto Today is Commonwealth Day, highlighting an organization which has grown from days of empire to a group made up mostly of republics. Across Canada, the official nod to the day is to fly a flag — not the Commonwealth flag, the British flag. The federal government requires the Union Jack flown at […]
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. […]
This Saturday we’ll be starting work on the video which will be a central part of our on-line crowdfunding campaign. The first scene to be shot is a “war room” shot, of a group of Republic Now members working on the campaign around a table. The concluding appeal for support, delivered by me, is to […]