With America growing more hostile and unreliable, Canada must lead in forging a deeper partnership with its closest constitutional and cultural kin.' King Charles III’s visit to Ottawa in May to open Parliament and deliver the Speech from the Throne was much more than a bit of theatre. The spectacle of a king in North America inspecting troops and taking salutes gave flesh and blood to Canada’s unique and ancient constitutional settlement — a vivid reminder of the country’s distinctness from its revolutionary, republican neighbour to the south. In the seemingly arcane rituals, such as the ceremonial challenging of the Usher of the Black Rod at the entrance to the House of Commons, we saw a physical re-enactment of the long history that gave us the liberties we enjoy today. Canada’s constitutional monarchy embodies a different kind of vision for human society, one that roots freedom in a shared inheritance and in gradual, organic change — not the codified principles of abstract re...
A discussion on political, economic and social issues in British Columbia, and Canada