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[edit] Citizens for a Canadian Republic

I had deleted a sentence claiming that the CCR perfered a certain system if/when the position of the Queen of Canada is abolished. I did this because earlier today I read this statement on CCR's website:

Please note: The objective of Citizens for a Canadian Republic is solely to promote the concept of Canada becoming a republic and present the options available for discussion. For that reason, we do not endorse or promote any of the above formulas.

http://www.canadian-republic.ca/faq.html

However, I've now read this from the goals page of CCR:

One logical way to proceed is to first of all engage now, while the Queen is healthy, in a process of democratizing the office of the governor general and redefining his or her role in government. In effect, we could have a parliamentary or even a direct popular election for the Governor-General, which, unlike the decision on who is our head of state, is one that does not require a constitutional amendment to implement. The name of this democratically chosen candidate for governor general would then be submitted to the Prime Minister as his or her nominee to the Queen.

This process is not without precedent. Canadian senators are normally appointed by the governor general on the advice of the Prime Minister. In 1990 however, Stan Waters, Canada's first and only democratically elected Senator, was appointed to the Senate by then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney after receiving 43% of over 620,000 votes cast by Alberta voters.

The real benefit to applying this procedure to the Governor General’s position now is that it eliminates the main obstacle to a republican success in a national referendum on the head of state - namely, what do you replace it with. Approval by the provinces would still have to take place but with all of the divisive issues already resolved, only a simple referendum on just who our head of state should be would remain.

http://www.canadian-republic.ca/goals.html

I may have to revert my earlier edit.
- Indefual 01:52, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed Merger of Point & Counterpoint

I was wondering if the debate section could be moved to an international, or at least less-nation-specific page on monarchy vs. Republic. See Republican Monarchist Debate. Perhaps the individual nation pages could focus on nation-specific issues. Sandwich Eater 19:52, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Some of the arguments are similar to those of monarchists & republicans in other countries (ie. impartiality of the monarch, stability, etc.), however some are specific to Canada (ie. federalism, Quebec sovereignty, etc.) I guess it would all depend on the format it would take at Republican Monarchist Debate --gbambino 20:12, 30 August 2006 (UTC)