Reply #6: Canada has always been a monarchy [View All]

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from day one. First under the French, then under the English.

The Queen is the head of state, by our continuing choice. Above politics, and with the power to dismiss a government if need be. Or to ask someone to form a government. This rarely happens, but sometimes we get a tie vote, or a government falls in Parliament. She is an objective referee.

We are members of the Commonwealth, along with Australia, New Zealand and a host of other countries...and share the Queen.

She gives authority of govt, without being a politician or subject to a vote. A figurehead, but one that everyone respects...not a president.

The office or position, not the individual person.

Continuity, thousands of years of history, stability, and above the petty politics of day to day. An objective authority.