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Date Posted: 17:58:31 09/05/04 Sun
Author: Andy Kerr
Subject: Re: Empire of Canada?
In reply to: James 's message, "Empire of Canada?" on 21:44:56 07/06/04 Tue

> If the Governor- General is a relative of the TRUE HOUSE OF BRITIAN Why not




I sincerely love Canada but I have to say that the
>idea of referring to Canada as an "empire" is more
>than faintly ridiculous. Canada hasn't the population
>of California.
>
>If the British monarch must be replaced in favour of a
>native-born Canadian, then the title "king" ("queen")
>ought to remain. That's Canada's heritage. Canada has
>been and can be a kingdom but she is not an empire.
>
>A better idea, I believe, would be to simply make the
>Governor-General the true Head of State, rather than
>the vice-regal representative of the Crown. Canadians
>have absorbed the office as their own and it could
>easily be transformed from an office representative of
>the monarch to an office representative of the people.
>
>Canada should not be called the "Empire of Canada" or
>the "Kingdom of Canada" or even the "Republic of
>Canada", but should simply be called "Canada",
>retaining her own unique Head of State: the
>Governor-General.

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