I don't think you're an idiot at all...just slightly misguided.
Originally Posted by Grand Moff Tark_0
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.
Read a little more. Read
The Invisible Crown.
If you didn't have a Governor General, you would need an executive President instead of a Prime Minister.
Add the cost of your Governor General to the cost of your Prime Minister. I'll even let you add the cost of the royal servant, the Prime Minister's permanent secretary. Consider the budget and GNP of Canada.
Look at the cost of the Presidency of the United States, then consider the GNP and budget of the United States.
The cost of presidencies is much higher than the cost of the Parliamentary/Monarchical executive system. 19 million wouldn't be a drop in the bucket for even the
security concerns for an executive president.
I don't want to fight about whether or not Canadians might be republicans. I know Canada's full of republicans.
It doesn't mean you're taking the other side, though, if you just have a look at what the Crown of Canada does do in your constiutional democratic monarchy.
If you want to change it, fine. It's your choice. Remember that other realms have tried it, though, and come back. The Australian government took it to the people just a few years ago, remember? There's just no replacement that would work better.