QE2

Is Her Royal Highness an integral part of Canada? With the recent visit of HRH to Saskatchewan and Alberta, many people are wondering if Canada should move from a Constitutional Monarchy towards becoming a Republic. Does having a figurehead head of state (albeit through the Governor General) benefit Canada? What benefit is it to Canada to spend millions of taxpayer dollars to have a person who is best known as the face on the money? I don't know. I like things the way they are, but I have no valid reasons...other than that's the way it's always been, and to avoid thinking about change just because the status quo is easy is not a healthy way to make decisions. Although I'm not sure if the monarchy should be rejected, I so think that a healthy debate can do nothing but benefit the country as a whole. The Prairie Dog has an interesting article about the redundancy of the monarchy in Canada.