République du Canada
Republic Now’s Executive Director, Ashok Charles, was quoted multiple times in a CBC article about the monarchy in Canada. Read the full article : Controversial royal trip renews questions about monarchy’s future — including in Canada. Trip to Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas intensified spotlight on Britain’s colonial history. Ashok Charles, the executive director of…
By Ashok Charles | SPECIAL FROM ASHOK CHARLES, TORONTO/THUNDER BAY. APRIL 10, 2021 : Canada’s current citizenship oath, with its medieval pledge of fealty to a hereditary monarch, does not meet the needs of a prominent 21st century democracy. In 2019 Canada accepted 340,000 new permanent residents, and is among the countries with the highest…
The Queen is 94 years old. As things stand, when she dies, Parliament will proclaim her son “King of Canada” and make him our head of state. The importing of another offshore head of state is inappropriate and unacceptable! 1) The practice of filling an important government post on the basis of hereditary succession in…
SPECIAL FROM ASHOK CHARLES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, REPUBLIC NOW/RÉPUBLIQUE DU CANADA, TORONTO/THUNDER BAY. OCTOBER 18, 2020 : That Barbados has resolved to transition from constitutional monarchy to constitutional democracy (see “Barbados To Become A Republic by 2021”) also has relevance for Canada. Explaining the coming changeover, Barbados’ Governor General, Sandra Mason, said : “Barbadians want a…
When I came to Canada from Saudi Arabia as a child in the winter of 1993, I was surprised by many things: signage written in two languages, the depth of cold, and the weak sleet on the ground (Hollywood had promised me fluffy snow – this was a major betrayal). No one had mentioned the…