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 the ominous coronavirus – it is ironic that Canadians should find a relevant lesson in one of this winter’s tawdrier episodes.
But that’s just what the continuing Harry-Meghan soap opera is – a lesson in how ludicrous an institution the monarchy is in the 21st century and how profoundly out-of-step it is with the values that we prize as Canadians.
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