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Originally Posted by getbak
If we were to drop the monarchy, there's no reason to think we'd abandon the Westminster system of government. Presumably, we would do what Barbados did when they switched to a Parliamentary Republic late last year. Their Head of State switched from being the Governor General, appointed by the Queen at the recommendation of the Prime Minister to the President, who is elected by the Parliament. In fact, the first President of Barbados was the last Governor General of Barbados.
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There are quite a few countries that use the parliamentary republic system where the president is basically a figurehead who promotes and represents their country on the world stage, while the Prime Minister and parliament sticks to day-to-day governing. Ideally, the monarch in a constitutional monarchy should be representing the country on the world stage in the same way a president would in the parliamentary republic. I don' think the British monarchy has any desire to promote Canada, nor do Canadians really want them to. It puts the Prime Minister in the position to be both the face of the country and the leader of parliament.