Canadians’ support for the monarchy now likely to decline, but don’t expect major changes

With many Canadians suffering and a full-scale economic recession looming, circumstances will have to change before Canada’s elected leaders tackle the issue of having a foreign head of state.

There’s no compelling reason for this country to have the British monarch, now King Charles III, as head of state; however, there’s no easy way to get rid of this antiquated situation, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

September 21, 2022

OTTAWA—The main thing I remember about Queen Elizabeth II was how normal, unaffected, and selfless she seemed. At least that’s how she appeared at a reception in 2005 in Regina, where the following afternoon she delivered an address under an umbrella in the pouring rain to celebrate the 100

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