http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070929015448AActD0j http://www.chatelaine.com/living/should-canada-sever-ties-with-the-british-monarchy/ http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110727135526AAxPFHR http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/07/14/queen-costs-us-more-than-the-brits-pay/ 4190 Marblethorne Crt.
18 November 2013
Her Majesty the Queen
Queen of England
Buckingham Palace, London SW1A 1AA
Dear you’re Royal Majesty,
The role of the queen has been around for around 400 years; currently the Queen is Queen Elizabeth the second. The queen currently rules England, Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and a few others. The Queen is the head of state for Canada, yet she is more of a symbol than an active participant in the government. The Queen has been around for many years, she has been a high moral character, and she leads a key role in Canada. Even though she is on our coins, dollar bills, even new Canadians pledge loyalty to her and her successors, but this is outdated and unnecessary. As in my previous paragraph I stated that this Monarchial system is no longer needed, for we do not pledge loyalty to the queen every day, we barely notice the Queens presents in Canada, other than hearing her in the news or on the internet. She has been to Canada only 24 times over the entire span of her rule, and we pay more for the Queen than the British do currently. We pay $1.53 per capita while the Brits pay only $1.32, over the last 10 years our payment to the Queen has doubled! In Canada there are two heads of state, the Queen, and her representative the Governor General; with cutting out the Queen we could keep the role of the Governor General and which in fact would mean we wouldn’t be paying the Queen $1.53 per capita, which is relatively around 40- 50 million dollars Canadian. The Queen is suggested to be a part of our colonial roots which no longer serves a purpose in present day Canada.