TORONTO – The newly-formed REPUBLIC NOW says it fully supports the Winnipeg MP who says it’s time for Canada to consider severing ties with the British monarchy and suggests his private member’s motion to strike her out of the citizenship oath is a small first step.
Monarchy Rates Last In Survey Of Canadian Symbols
Reading the latest Focus Canada survey from the Environics Institute illustrates how little progress the Conservatives have made in trying to change the way Canadians see their country, its present and its history, says Globe and Mail columnist Jeffrey Simpson. (Globe and Mail. Feb.27, 2013).
Changes To Royal Succession Face Legal Fight In Quebec.
Globe and Mail: June 07 2013 A motion has been filed in Quebec Superior Court taking issue with Canada’s Succession to the Throne Act, which gives consent to a bill adopted in British Parliament last April changing the rules of succession to allow for the firstborn, regardless of gender, to succeed to the throne.
Royal Family Expenses To Face Scrutiny
Following a change in the British law that allows MPs to look into royal finances, Queen Elizabeth and the royal family face an inquiry into their expenses that would decide whether they provide value for taxpayer money.
Will an Independent Scotland Keep the Queen?
The SNP (Scottish National Party) is in favour of retaining cultural and other ties with the UK and would apply to join the Commonwealth of Nations .[44]