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Harry, Meghan and the need for a Canadian ‘Rexit’

Posted on February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 by Republican Canadian

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.

Read the rest of the article on the Globe and Mail website …

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