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Anon_throwawayacc20 t1_iu2f2jl wrote

Reply to comment by VedsDeadBaby in Canada: Quebec separatist party calls for split with British monarchy - BBC News by chemistrynerd1994

Solution: pass an amendment making the oath optional.

Alternatively: pass an amendment clarifying that the monarch of canada is a fictional entity, and change how the governor general is chosen.

Done.

It's like swapping one variable in X for another variable in X. You can keep the same general formula otherwise. Or in legal terms, you won't have to rewrite the constitution.

Would that not be a viable solution?

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VedsDeadBaby t1_iu2j9e9 wrote

That would require the assent of every province due to the ay our constitution is structured, and every indigenous tribe with a treaty signed by the Crown because one party to a treaty can't unilaterally alter the terms like that. That would make it every bit the shitshow that totally removing the Crown would be.

The only way something like this could happen would be if the monarchy tried to pull some bullshit like they did in Australia. That would cause a constitutional crisis of epic proportions and create the political will to remove them entirely. I don't think it's a realistic thing, though. The monarchy know damned well that we're only content to leave this can of worms unopened because they don't interfere with us.

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