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by Drinking Dano on March 13th, 2005

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What would have to take place for Canada to become a Republic?

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  • by Drinking Dano on March 13th, 2005

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    We would have to open up a constitutional amendment that would make Meech Lake and the Charlottetown Accords look like a cakewalk.

    Canada does not have a long history of good things happening when it comes to Constitutional Amendments, even to the point of Quebec refusing to sign the Constitution when it was patrioted in 1982!

    The BNA Act, The Constitution Act and a whack of others acts which have become known collectively as The Constitution Act 1982 all specifically state that all powers will continue to be vested in the Canadian Crown.

    In the Constitutional talks in 1982, the then Newfoundland Premier encouraged and got these passages specifically stated in the constitution in reference to the Crown. In short, it makes it clear that for any change to take place with our Canadian Crown, (Along with any other major amendment to the Constitution) there must be the consent of every Province, the majority of the House of Commons and of the Senate, and a 50% plus 1 vote of the people.

    Thusly, Canada becoming a Republic is extremely unlikely anytime soon. There are a couple of reasons for this, not the least of which is you can bet any of the old Tories will fight it to no end. The biggest reason perhaps though, is that Canadians are actually quite ignorant of the fact the Her Majesty is Canada’s head of state, and the VAST majority of us who do know about it, simply don’t feel that its an important enough issue to open up constitutional debates about.

    I think that Jean Chrétien put it best when he said “I have enough trouble with the Separatists, I am not going to start with the Monarchists!”

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    • Interesting answer! Canada needs to become a republic. You should draft a bill & introduce it into legislation.

      Answers101

      by Answers101 on March 30th, 2006

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