Canada, the monarchy, and the cost of conceding the Crown

A November 2021 survey suggests that 52 per cent of Canadians believe the country should not remain a constitutional monarchy indefinitely, while a quarter of respondents say it should. Support for the monarchy has declined since April 2016, when just 38 per cent opposed it.

The Queen’s first tour of Canada as Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, in 1951, pictured with Prince Philip. Removing the monarchy poses an arduous task for Canada, writes Arash Toupchinejad. Barbados recently abolished its monarchy with a simple vote from its 30-member House of Assembly, but Section 41 of Canada’s Constitution Act makes the change much more challenging.Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY ARASH TOUPCHINEJAD

January 25, 2022

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