Canadas monarchy has served us well for over 130 years. Why tamper with it?
There are many reasons. For one thing, Canada and for that matter, most developed nations in the twenty-first century, have evolved past the archaic concept of peerage and inherited rights in government and society. Symbolic as our connection to the monarchy is, when you stop and think about it, does a nation like ours – advanced in so many other ways – really need a wealthy aristocrat who only occasionally visits us every few years as our Head of State? Another reason is that along with Canada’s economic and cultural development, how we define ourselves as a people has become a significant part of our lives. To most of us, being Canadian means something more than just citizenship or a place to call home. As a mature nation, we take pride in our country and our accomplishments as a people. More and more, we also care about what our international peers think of us. Perhaps that explains why we get a little testy when those outside our borders believe us to be less of a nation than we re
