Queen Elizabeth harnessed goodwill from Canadians mostly as an individual, rather than as the hereditary head of an institution. But her death will lead to debate about the relevance of the monarchy.
The death of Queen Elizabeth, the longest reigning monarch in British history, marks the end of an era for Canada.
In the 1950s, high-school students across English Canada waved the Union Jack, sang the royal anthem , said the Lord’s Prayer and cheered cadet corps dressed in British khaki. Elizabeth saw the replacement of the Union Flag by the Maple Leaf in 1965, and the royal anthem by O Canada in 1980. Charles lacks popularity A poll on her performance, conducted in 2020, found eight in 10 Canadians believed that the Queen has done a good job in her role as monarch.
Elizabeth’s successors — Charles, whose time as king given his age will be relatively short, and William, who will follow — assume the job at a different time in Canada’s history. “If people want to later talk about constitutional change and shifting our system of government, that’s fine. They can have those conversations.”Gauging the mood On the other hand, prime ministers are opportunists. The transition to a new monarch — an event that has not occurred in the lifetime of the vast majority of Canadians – is an occasion to gauge the mood of the populace and review existing arrangements.
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