Listeners share their thoughts on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s announcement that they will live in Canada part-time step back from royal duties. Executive Director of Republic Now quoted by CBC at 1:09:00.
Harry, Meghan and the need for a Canadian ‘Rexit’
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…
Are Prince Andrew and even Prince Charles really suited to their current symbolic roles in Canada’s Constitution?
Counterweights.ca, the political affairs blog of Randall White, one of RN’s founding members, is running an article by RN’s Executive Director which argues that Prince Charles and Prince Andrew’s associations with pedophiles and sex offenders make them unfit for roles in Canada’s government and official protocols … [Read the full article]
Letters To The Editor | May 24-30, 2018
Citizenship is about class not race Don’t buy Evan Balgord’s contention that a Canadian citizenship ceremony is “a celebration of our shared values” (NOW, May 17-23), because if you do, you have to accept that the principle of equality is not one of those values. Your readers, and new Canadians, should know that the pledge…
Our Ad Campaign
Republic Now’s main initiative, in 2017, was the implementation of the No King Charles of Canada public advertising campaign. The campaign arose from the perspective, based on extensive discussion among Republic Now’s executive, that our organization has a responsibility to draw attention to the lack of proactive planning, on the part of the Canadian government,…