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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
The monarchy is an anachronism, but does anyone really want to open the constitution to change it? As someone old enough to remember Meech Lake, I'm content enough to stick with the status quo.
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This exactly - why change it to no benefit other than to appease the"we don't need no Queen!" crowd. The current way the Governor-General is appointed works, has worked for 150 years, and will likely continue to work in the future. Anachronistic doesn't necessarily mean ineffective or in dire need of change.
It's also one of the identifiable differences between American and Canadian culture - we are (well I am, anyway) proud of being directly politically descended from British tradition, whereas Americans are proud of having had their system born from a revolution against the Crown. And that makes a huge difference in how we perceive the role of government and the law.