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February 13, 2026 •• 34 minutes ago •• Read for 3 minutes
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Is it time to cut the apron in Canada’s homeland, England?
Most of us were able to live our daily lives without two thoughts that Canada had anything to do with Britain, except that the Queen was spending much of our money.
However, a new poll found that the majority of Canadians supported the idea of breaking royal ties after Queen Elizabeth’s death.
In an Ipsos poll conducted earlier this month, 60% strongly or to some extent agreed that Canada would abolish the monarchy, and 25% strongly agreed with this sentiment. That support has increased from 53%, who felt this way a year before Harry and Megan withdrew from royal mission, and from 44% in June 2011, when William and Kate got married.
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Having seen The Crown on Netflix may have strengthened the idea that Charles will never be our king. His personality is gloomy, qualified, and disqualified as weak, but none of them are the qualities we should seek from a leader.
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The real Prince Charles is another man that I witnessed in person when I was visiting Ottawa a few years ago. Seeing him involved with veterans, paying close attention to them and making them feel that they were the center of his world changed my view of the man.
This does not help him here — the view of monarchy is changing.
Of course, the question is, if you abandon the monarchy, what to replace it with. A small majority (51%) of Canadians say they “want a system of republican governments with elected heads of state, like the United States.”
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The American system has many positive elements, including improved power checks and balances compared to the methods developed by the Westminster Parliamentary system in Canada. The majority government here means de facto dictatorship, and we just hope it is benign.
In the American system, elected civil servants are more independent and do not have to blindly follow what their leaders say if their members disagree. We would like to welcome it more in our politics. Due to the very strict discipline of the party, wise people often blindly obey bad ideas.
The big problem I have when switching to an American-style republic is that it reopens our Constitution and the Constitution of Rights, at which point I make us into the Popular Socialist Republic in a chattering class that guides the process. I’m too worried about trying to change in Canada. Not too far, considering what scholars and others push forward.
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The beauty of the American Bill of Rights is that it details what the government can’t do for you. It limits government power by so-called negative rights. The idea that is in vogue right now is the so-called positive rights, or what the government has to do for you.
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Suddenly we were enshrining all sorts of rights that meant that the government was obliged to provide goods to the Canadian people. If you think social programs are expensive now, wait until many of them and new ones are enshrined in the new Socialist Charter.
All of that makes me a monarchist who hates me.
If I could vote for another party because I would elect the head of state directly, choose one leader or party for the job, and that person is a good candidate and provides balance, I would do it love. I don’t know if it’s easy to get there.
What we are ultimately afraid of is a government designed by the Commission in a closed room. Such a design is always a bad idea.
Show me a good clear plan, and I support it. But until then, save Her Majesty.
Lily: Canadians want to quit the monarch, what’s next?