Who Represents Canada For You?

[parsley]

Who do you personally view as the Head of Canada?

The Queen
or
The Prime Minister
Pars

[TOM4CWB]

Parsley,

The CWB and the Bloc.

They tell both the Queen and PM where to go...

[boarderbloke]

good one Tom, lol

[dalek]

Don Cherry

[rockpile]

I like Don Cherry, but seriously, isn't it Gilles Duceppe?

[cottonpicken]

Nothing to do with the thread but i thought you might
like this,Pars.

http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/the-most-
important-part-of-self-reliance-in-the-age-of-
turmoil/

[parsley]

Those noises in my head whisper directions "making it easy to follow the herd", and by jove I follow along blindly every time, right behind you.

Or in front of you.

You could write a better piece. Got whiskey on hand? LOL Pars

[parsley]

I posed the thread because there is two-pronged trapple from some quarters to eliminate the Queen as head of state. (Not by the sitting government)

Not to merely get rid of the Queen; (which most BQ will bellow with glee).

But to change away from a parliamentary system under the guise of removing the Queen.

We don't need legislation written, passed in a hurry, and find we are constitutinally bound to an enslaving hybrid.

The important question is if we rid ourselves of the Queen Parliamentary Democracy), what do we replace her with,(Republic?) or more importantly, what will be FOISTED on the unsuspecting?

Chnage would mean even passport issuance would be affected. Change effects us.

Pars

I note that farmers enthusiastically welcome constitutional matters. LOL

[rockpile]

Hey Pars, I didn't mean to be flippant. You raise a
good question. Are we a constitutional monarchy or
is the role of the Governor General more of a
Republican one by nature? Meaning that the Queen
plays no direct role in our Parliamentary affairs
anyway. I just don't have a lot of interest in the
right of royalty by birth in a foreign country thing
playing a role in our governance. Perhaps we
already have a hi-brid that works - just keep the
free riders out. Also, instead of the PMO picking the
CG, it should be by Parliament with Senate
approval. The 'head of Canada' by the way, should
be the elected members of Parliament - not a
person or personality on magazine covers. My two-
bits worth.

[parsley]

What weight would you give to the role of the GG at this time? Necessary? Dispensible? Ho-hum? Crucial?

The previous GG appointed flew around the world spending taxdollars.(grumble) Married to a separatist! Lobbying for aid for the homeland?

What would suffer if the GG was axed altogether? Ties to England? Governance? Pomp? Parliamentary system?

Thanks for replying, Rocky. It's an interesting issue,and I'm not surprised you respond.

Most Canadians don't assign value to the GG, other than ribbon cutting, do they. Pars