Queen Elizabeth II Has Died

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by The Fisher Account

Do we still all get a day off of work if she croaks?

My understanding,which is probably wrong, is that the prime minister can declare a day of Mourning' (Usually the day of the funeral) and it may or may not be a stat, maybe? I dunno, it seems murky. Probably just Federal employees or whatever

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by _Q_

How does a monarch, who is constitutionally prevented from passing any laws in Canada, have a positive affect on this country?

Or a negative one?

[CliffFletcher]

A graphic showing how many leaders Elizabeth saw come and go on the global stage.

Spoiler!

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Barnet Flame

It’s time to put Pierre on the twenty

It's time to get dead Prime Ministers off the money and instead put people we can be proud of.


Here's the short list of people chosen to replace Laurier on the five: https://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknote...es/#short-list

Lots of good potential names for the 20, 50, and 100 too.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by getbak

Plus, 4 of the 10 on the list are all part of the Commonwealth, so they all have the same figurehead monarch who barely spent any time in those countries (other than the UK).

The last time the Queen set foot on Canadian soil was 2010. Which should tell us all we need to know about the value the monarchy brings to Canada.


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.

So she didnt travel overseas after the age of 84?

This is an issue for you?

[Party Elephant]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

A graphic showing how many leaders Elizabeth saw come and go on the global stage.

Spoiler!

That's out of date too. Just glancing it is missing 2 British PMs and one American president.

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

A graphic showing how many leaders Elizabeth saw come and go on the global stage.

Spoiler!

The number of leaders Italy has had, is hilarious.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by transplant99

So she didnt travel overseas after the age of 84?

This is an issue for you?

I honestly don't care.

Maybe it should be an issue for the people who want to claim how valuable the presence of the monarchy is to Canada. We've gone more than a decade without a visit from the Queen and I doubt most Canadians have noticed or cared.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by getbak

I honestly don't care.

Maybe it should be an issue for the people who want to claim how valuable the presence of the monarchy is to Canada. We've gone more than a decade without a visit from the Queen and I doubt most Canadians have noticed or cared.

OK...but the monarchy isn't limited to the Queen or the King.

There have been lots of visits from those associated that will never see the throne and are always called royal visits.

Im niether a pro nor anti monarchist, because it has zero effect on my life, but listening to those that do not care for it (whatever the reason) today has been bizarre.

[MRCboicgy]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

The number of leaders Italy has had, is hilarious.

There's a bit in there where it looks like a bunch of guys doing their best Buddy Holly impression in quick succession.

[MarchHare]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Or a negative one?

New Canadian citizens must swear an oath of loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen (now His Majesty the King) and all her (his) rightful heirs and successors. For someone coming to Canada from one of the many countries that has a brutal history of British colonialism, do you not see how that is perceived to new Canadian citizens?

Also, officers in the Canadian Forces must swear a similar oath to Her Majesty upon receiving their commission. Not an oath to defend the Canadian people and our national interests, not an oath to protect our freedoms and democratic principles, but an oath to a foreign monarch. I thought it was total BS when I took that oath, but I bit my tongue and decided to choose my battles. I still think it's total BS now, more than 25 years later.

[Rejean31]

Originally Posted by Matata

She raised two prolific pedophiles. With any luck, she has an eternity of hellfire in front of her.

What a moronic post!!!

[transplant99]

LOL...woke is woke.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

A graphic showing how many leaders Elizabeth saw come and go on the global stage.

Spoiler!

lol Italy

[Rejean31]

Originally Posted by metallicat

This is going to be expensive as hell when she dies. Just end our relationship with the monarchy when she dies. Put Justin Trudeau on the money for all I care and be done with the Queen and her family already.

Do not put that asshat on our money. He already thinks our money belongs to him. I don't want to be looking at that prick every time I pull a bill out of my wallet.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by transplant99

LOL...woke is woke.

Do people who use the term woke to describe others really think the people they are referring to are going to feel insulted by it?

[FlamesAddiction]

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.

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.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by iggy_oi

Do people who use the term woke to describe others really think the people they are referring to are going to feel insulted by it?

Don't really care.

But since you took the time to respond, you clearly do.

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

Does transplant have any idea what he's arguing about?

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Don't really care.

But since you took the time to respond, you clearly do.

By that logic you must really care, since you took the time to respond to his comment.