Originally Posted by George Knighton
You can say whatever you want as long as it isn't a lie.
No Canadian taxes are in support of the Queen's person or household.
A small part of Canadian taxes are in support of HE the Governor General (Mrs Clarkson). In your Canadian constitution (which the Queen signed in person), Mrs Clarkson is your head of state.
Wow are you serious i would think that you could come up with something a bit better then that! your right... no Canadian tax money goes directly to the queen instead it goes to the person that represents the queen in our country.
hmmmm... that still means that without the queen in our country that money would be spent somewhere else no?
Originally Posted by George Knighton
According to your constitution, all of the everyday duties of the Queen in Right of Canada are handled by HE the Governor General. HE the Governor General has the right and capability of calling on the Queen if she wants, and the Prime Minister of Canada also has the right to go to the Queen for advice and he can go to the Queen to remove the Canadian head of state if necessary.
You might want to look up a Canadian work called
The Invisible Crown. Although it is generally invisible in everyday Canadian life, it is indispensable to the government and the constitution. You might want to also read up a bit about how Trudeau called on and used the Queen's authority to help solve the Quebec Crisis.
It is perhaps a shame that we do not talk about it more in the Canadian public schools, but the information is there if you want to read it.
In the severest form of emergency, like the Quebec crisis in the 60's, or in the case of a runaway government, the power of the monarch is there to serve the people when you need it.
You should count yourself lucky that there is an ultimate authority in your country that could move to veto the actions of a tyrannical government.
damn you must think i am an idiot! I know this... still worthless, and my point here is that you are pretending that all commonwealth countries are in support of the queen... I think there is no more use for a monarch here in Canada. and because you used to live here you know i am right in saying that most Canadian do not give a shit about the queen! oh by the way that comes from someone who lived here for the past 24year! 10 of which was in Ottawa the Capital of Canada! and it is unfortunate that there is not a lot of Canadian on this board as they would probably agree with me.
BTW Mrs Clarkson annual buget is now at $19 million