Let's cut to the heart of the matter. The appointment of a Canadian Governor General to represent the Monarch in Canada is too important to be discussed in terms of black, yellow, white, native-born, immigrant, male, female, nationalist, separatist, or any of a dozen other qualifications and non-qualifications of candidates to hold the position. The simple fact is that there are no candidates. One person, the Prime Minister pro tem, selects another one person to be Governor General, and that's the end of it.

The rest of the 30 million people in Canada have no say in the matter. None at all.

Is this democracy? Are Canadians content to live forever with a system where one person holds such power? Of course, that one person also has power to appoint who will fill vacancies in the undemocratic, unelected, Canadian Senate.

The current brouhaha over the selection of a new Governor General has raised public consciousness in all provinces and territories. Canadians realize they are powerless to choose who will represent them as Governor General, who will represent them as Senators, and even who is fit to occupy the position of Monarch. That position is reserved for persons of one faith. By law The laws of England. Not the laws of Canada.

Is it any wonder that the future of the monarchial system is more and more coming under question in Canada?

One alternative is obvious. It is an alternative that has been chosen by the majority of members of the former British Commonwealth. Its adoption will end the farce of democracy as presently played out in Canada. It is time to prepare for the creation of the Republic of Canada.

The concept has a lengthy history. In recent years it has been espoused by growing numbers of citizens, Canadians no longer content to remain prisoners of the past, unhappy with the bogus form of democracy that presently exists, and yearning for a better future for their descendants.

That history may be found on the Internet in a web site (The History of Republicanism in Canada) from which the following two extracts are reproduced:

2002 - Citizens for a Canadian Republic challenges the legitimacy of the monarchy in Canada by filing an application to intervene in former Toronto councilor Tony O'Donohue's legal case to contest the Act of Settlement. The British legislation, enacted in 1701 to restrict the British throne to Protestants, was inherited by Canada in 1867 and legislatively prevents Roman Catholics, Jews, Hindus, Muslims or anyone not a Protestant from becoming Canada's head of state. Section 15(1) of The Charter of Rights and Freedoms expressly forbids discrimination on the basis of "race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability".

2003 - Calling the current system "cumbersome and outdated," Lucienne Robillard, President of the Treasury Board of Canada introduces The Public Service Modernization Act in parliament to modernize human resources management in the federal public service. Despite objections of monarchists and the rejection of an amendment to retain the Oath by monarchist MP Julian Reed (Lib-Halton), as of December 31, 2005, federal civil servants will no longer be required to swear an oath to the Queen.

As stated in our first issue:

The Canadian Vindicator is an Internet publication under the registered domain www.vindicator.ca and has no affiliation with any political party or other organization. If you find it of interest, please notify your friends so that they may join with you in promoting the expansion of democracy in Canada.

The expansion of democracy can be achieved with the establishment of the Republic of Canada.

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