vicente
New Member
Is there any other Commonwealth country that loves Queen Elizabeth II as much as we do?
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ganjavih
Senior Member
Do we love QEII that much? I think Canadians are split.
Geeze. I started this thread in August 2003 and it's still going strong.
Geeze. I started this thread in August 2003 and it's still going strong.
syn
Senior Member
Drop the Queen and keep the same system.
Zephyr
Active Member
As I continue to glance at this poll, it tells me more about our website than apparently about Canada. 
Andrew3D
Active Member
Hey, I'm from England and I voted it's time to lose the monarchy. Though I can't see it happening in the very near future, maybe when the Prince Charles takes over it'll be a good time to lose our ties with the throne. Though I do think we should keep our parliament set up the way we have it with possibly a publicly appointed speaker of the house.
unimaginative2
Senior Member
In the case of Australia, a major reason that the last referendum failed was the single specific republican government option that was presented as the only alternative to the monarchy. Many republicans who didn't support that particular arrangement voted to keep the monarchy in the hopes that another referendum with a better alternative would happen soon after.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Perhaps a kinder, gentler republican option - with an Australian born queen, possums - will find favour next time around?
I'm sure there's someone ideally suited waiting in the wings.
I'm sure there's someone ideally suited waiting in the wings.
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The Speaker of the House of Commons is a Member of Parliament, elected by the house. However, I get what you are saying, this speaker could have the power to sign off on bills and dissolve Parliament, and would probably be a good idea to not have as a sitting MP if given these powers.
The Governor-General is selected by the Prime Minister through the PMO and PCO, as I recall, and it only formally appointed by the Queen. If we go to a Republic, would could continue to use the G-G as our head of state, or call her/him President, in a symbolic title. Israel, for example, has a President, but has mainly ceremonial power in their political system.
scarberiankhatru
Senior Member
We should retain the governor-general or some equivalent official cheerleader, no matter what happens. I wouldn't want the prime minister traipsing around in his jet all the time to attend the funerals of dictators' wives in Banana Republics or ribbon cutting galas for new shelters in Saskatoon.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Why not? Steve's ideally suited for just that sort of thing, surely?
scarberiankhatru
Senior Member
Oh, I don't mind shipping Steve off on a regular basis...just not to anything important or where he might embarass us. I'm talking about a future when we have a better prime minister, one that we want at the reins of the country 24/7.
adma
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Hydrogen
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^At this point, why not?
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
The Queen on YouTube and in HiDef
That crazy old gal....
The Queen claims own YouTube channel
Dec 23, 2007 10:34 AM
Thomas Wagner
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON – The Queen, considered an icon of traditionalism, launched her own special Royal Channel on YouTube on Sunday.
The Queen will use the popular video-sharing website to send out her 50th annual televised Christmas message, which she first delivered live to Britain and its colonies Dec. 25, 1957.
Buckingham Palace also began posting archive and recent footage of the Queen and other royals on the channel Sunday, with plans to add new clips regularly.
YouTube, which allows anyone to upload and share video clips, was founded in 2005 and bought by Google last year.
"The Queen always keeps abreast with new ways of communicating with people," Buckingham Palace said in a statement. "The Christmas message was podcast last year."
The palace said, "She has always been aware of reaching more people and adapting the communication to suit. This will make the Christmas message more accessible to younger people and those in other countries."
The royal page – which bears the scarlet lettered heading "The Royal Channel - the Official Channel of the British Monarchy" (www.youtube.com/theroyalchannel) – is illustrated with a photograph of Buckingham Palace flanked by the Queen's Guards in their tall bearskin hats and red tunics.
Its modern video clips show shots of garden parties, state visits, the Queen, the many British prime ministers who have served during her reign and a day in the life of her son, Prince Charles.
The footage of the Queen's 1957 Christmas TV broadcast will remind viewers that TV once was as groundbreaking a creation as Internet is today.
"I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message more personal and direct. That it is possible for some of you to see me today is just another example of the speed at which things are changing all around us," the queen said of television at the time.
The Royal Channel also shows excerpts from Lord Wakehurst's film Long to Reign Over Us, which has never been publicly released. Wakehurst, a member of parliament who died in 1970, was an avid amateur filmmaker, charting events such as the Queen's accession and coronation.
The colour images convey the historical events from the public's perspective, showing crowds holding street parties and camping out on The Mall – the wide boulevard outside Buckingham Palace – to catch a glimpse of the Queen on Coronation Day.
The Royal Channel also includes rarely seen silent news footage of the 1923 wedding of the Queen's parents, then known as the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
On Tuesday, the Queen's annual Christmas speech can once again be downloaded as a podcast from www.royal.gov.uk. It also is being made available on television in high definition for the first time.
That crazy old gal....
The Queen claims own YouTube channel
Dec 23, 2007 10:34 AM
Thomas Wagner
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON – The Queen, considered an icon of traditionalism, launched her own special Royal Channel on YouTube on Sunday.
The Queen will use the popular video-sharing website to send out her 50th annual televised Christmas message, which she first delivered live to Britain and its colonies Dec. 25, 1957.
Buckingham Palace also began posting archive and recent footage of the Queen and other royals on the channel Sunday, with plans to add new clips regularly.
YouTube, which allows anyone to upload and share video clips, was founded in 2005 and bought by Google last year.
"The Queen always keeps abreast with new ways of communicating with people," Buckingham Palace said in a statement. "The Christmas message was podcast last year."
The palace said, "She has always been aware of reaching more people and adapting the communication to suit. This will make the Christmas message more accessible to younger people and those in other countries."
The royal page – which bears the scarlet lettered heading "The Royal Channel - the Official Channel of the British Monarchy" (www.youtube.com/theroyalchannel) – is illustrated with a photograph of Buckingham Palace flanked by the Queen's Guards in their tall bearskin hats and red tunics.
Its modern video clips show shots of garden parties, state visits, the Queen, the many British prime ministers who have served during her reign and a day in the life of her son, Prince Charles.
The footage of the Queen's 1957 Christmas TV broadcast will remind viewers that TV once was as groundbreaking a creation as Internet is today.
"I very much hope that this new medium will make my Christmas message more personal and direct. That it is possible for some of you to see me today is just another example of the speed at which things are changing all around us," the queen said of television at the time.
The Royal Channel also shows excerpts from Lord Wakehurst's film Long to Reign Over Us, which has never been publicly released. Wakehurst, a member of parliament who died in 1970, was an avid amateur filmmaker, charting events such as the Queen's accession and coronation.
The colour images convey the historical events from the public's perspective, showing crowds holding street parties and camping out on The Mall – the wide boulevard outside Buckingham Palace – to catch a glimpse of the Queen on Coronation Day.
The Royal Channel also includes rarely seen silent news footage of the 1923 wedding of the Queen's parents, then known as the Duke of York and Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
On Tuesday, the Queen's annual Christmas speech can once again be downloaded as a podcast from www.royal.gov.uk. It also is being made available on television in high definition for the first time.
urbandreamer
recession proof
^Gearing up for another Royal Wedding perhaps? I kinda wonder....