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HockeyBalboa t1_itxmxmr wrote

Reply to comment by Kilvayne in Canada: Quebec separatist party calls for split with British monarchy by AugustWolf22

Yes but this is not about that. This is about all of Canada cutting ties with the british monarchy.

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Thanato26 t1_itxzc0r wrote

Which would be an extremely expensive and complicated constitutional rewriting if it went that far.

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Thirdborne t1_ityky1t wrote

We suddenly have a new head of state, and we're all looking around like "Did you vote for this guy? Isn't it 2022?" It probably turns out that we all care too little to change it, but this monarchy system is bad and we could do better if we cared.

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dinoroo t1_ityrxwf wrote

Is he really head of state though? He barely has control over England, let alone Canada. It’s all symbolic and not really worth the fight. Plus the Commonwealth has it’s benefits for work and travel.

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HockeyBalboa t1_iu1i9qh wrote

What do you base the cost on? How much are we talking here?

Also, you know countries fight wars for sovereignty. This will way less expensive and complicated than that.

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Thanato26 t1_iu1jlx4 wrote

Canada is a sovereign Nation, we go our sovereignty by fighting a war, the Great War. Statute of Westminster 1931 essentially made Canada, Australia, etc independent of thr United Kingdom.

The cost would come with reorganizing our electoral system. Legal challenges. Countless conferences between the provinces and territories, etc etc.

For the not really any gain, it's not really worth it.

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