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Originally Posted by MattyC

Ok, but why do we need the Queen in order to have a Governor general or whatever you want to call it (President, if you want)? Currently the Queen appoints on the PMs recommendation. Have they ever said no? Why not just have the PM appoint someone and have the opposition approve or something?

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They have to call an election every four years anyways, there's no way it could turn into dictatorship unless that changed. In short, we can replace the Queen in our system rather easily, I don't see why we need the connection.

Old traditions die hard.