Who Represents Canada For You?

[parsley]

Who do you personally view as the Head of Canada?

The Queen
or
The Prime Minister
Pars

[TOM4CWB]

Parsley,

The CWB and the Bloc.

They tell both the Queen and PM where to go...

[boarderbloke]

good one Tom, lol

[dalek]

Don Cherry

[rockpile]

I like Don Cherry, but seriously, isn't it Gilles Duceppe?

[cottonpicken]

Nothing to do with the thread but i thought you might
like this,Pars.

http://whiskeyandgunpowder.com/the-most-
important-part-of-self-reliance-in-the-age-of-
turmoil/

[parsley]

Those noises in my head whisper directions "making it easy to follow the herd", and by jove I follow along blindly every time, right behind you.

Or in front of you.

You could write a better piece. Got whiskey on hand? LOL Pars

[parsley]

I posed the thread because there is two-pronged trapple from some quarters to eliminate the Queen as head of state. (Not by the sitting government)

Not to merely get rid of the Queen; (which most BQ will bellow with glee).

But to change away from a parliamentary system under the guise of removing the Queen.

We don't need legislation written, passed in a hurry, and find we are constitutinally bound to an enslaving hybrid.

The important question is if we rid ourselves of the Queen Parliamentary Democracy), what do we replace her with,(Republic?) or more importantly, what will be FOISTED on the unsuspecting?

Chnage would mean even passport issuance would be affected. Change effects us.

Pars

I note that farmers enthusiastically welcome constitutional matters. LOL

[rockpile]

Hey Pars, I didn't mean to be flippant. You raise a
good question. Are we a constitutional monarchy or
is the role of the Governor General more of a
Republican one by nature? Meaning that the Queen
plays no direct role in our Parliamentary affairs
anyway. I just don't have a lot of interest in the
right of royalty by birth in a foreign country thing
playing a role in our governance. Perhaps we
already have a hi-brid that works - just keep the
free riders out. Also, instead of the PMO picking the
CG, it should be by Parliament with Senate
approval. The 'head of Canada' by the way, should
be the elected members of Parliament - not a
person or personality on magazine covers. My two-
bits worth.

[parsley]

What weight would you give to the role of the GG at this time? Necessary? Dispensible? Ho-hum? Crucial?

The previous GG appointed flew around the world spending taxdollars.(grumble) Married to a separatist! Lobbying for aid for the homeland?

What would suffer if the GG was axed altogether? Ties to England? Governance? Pomp? Parliamentary system?

Thanks for replying, Rocky. It's an interesting issue,and I'm not surprised you respond.

Most Canadians don't assign value to the GG, other than ribbon cutting, do they. Pars

[rockpile]

Hi Pars, boy you ask some real head scratchers,
don't you? Currently, as we are set up, the role is
necessary because the GG opens and closes the
house for business. And has the authority to
delegate powers in a minority situation and to
prorogue Parliament. And legislation is not enacted
until it receives 'royal accent'. You forgot to
mention she also ate raw seal meat and got the
northerners excited about being a part of this
Country. The new guy, on the other hand, seems to
be a very stately and honourable gentleman. I don't
see too many ties to GB left anymore, we're more
tied into the US, so nothing really left to cut. What's
lost? What's gained? Yes, the role of the GG is
underestimated, but if there was ever to be a
Parliamentary crisis, the GG is the final power of law
and order. Gees, your going to force me to dig out
my old poli-sci textbooks on this one. Hey, the
Nouveau Beaujolais is a little off this year, don't you
think?

[parsley]

I'm getting a little fed up with the Royal Family, when I think of a potential Queen Camila, although it can be argued the Royals do provide a link to the past. No woman with a libido wouldn't want to recall Henry 8th every so often, to recall what it was like to be hauled off by the hair to a tower.

It was so civilized.

Yes, we constitutionally have to recognize the GG. But if we revised...to what,(you say republic?), so that the country could agree? What would the East prefer? Would it be different from the West.

How would a republic impact upon grain sales? We sell to England now and other commonwealth countries. Would sales be impacted if we withdrew from the Commonwealth? Sports would.

The beauj can never be bad, can it? Have you tried a local Lac St Jean, PQ specialty called Lubluet(sp?) from PQ...fresh g****s gone alcohol, a bit like fresh apple cider.

Twould make you silly, rocky.

[rockpile]

Thanks for tip, I'll keep an eye out for that label. I'm
not saying this year's product is bad, just not as
wonderful as other years. I don't see grain sales
even enter into the picture - business is business.
As for the Commonwealth Games, who really cares.
There are more than enough international sports
events already, and they don't come cheap. Marx
wrote that "religion was the opium of the people":
hah - he just didn't know yet about professional
sports!!! East. West. What difference does it make
other than Ontario would have to change their
plates? I think we need a real good look at how
governance in this country is executed before we
end up being a total basket case like so many other
G-7 nations have become. Starting by reducing the
power of the PMO and more control back into the
Commons. Election reform - proportional
representation. Senators appointed by Provinces.
Reducing the number of MPs. Supreme Court
Justices jointly appointed by House and Senate.
Reducing the number of Provinces. I could go on all
night, but just some starting points. (Oh, and no
cost export licences to actual farmers).

[parsley]

Thanks for the very last comment.

And then.....:

"Reducing the number of Provinces."

!

Never thought about that to any degree. Why? Who?

Pars

[rockpile]

Regional representation by population. Reduction of
the horrible cost of too much governance and
duplication and bureaucracy. We have 34 million
people, 10 Premiers, and the Northern stuff. California
has 50 million people and one Governor. Can we
afford all this redundancy?