Why wouldn’t he? He’s your Sovereign same as Elizabeth II was. I guess I don’t understand why he would not appear on your currency or on the currency of any other Commonwealth nation.
King Charles to appear on Canadian Currency
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He’s not well liked after the Princess Diana debacle.
Is Stu Hart on a coin yet?
Haha. I used to live a couple of miles from Stu’s place in Calgary. Stu, Owen and Brett are icons but unfortunately no coins yet.
We did surprisingly well against the Royal Navy in that conflict - the result of an investment 20 years prior in six 42 gun frigates that were technologically superior to anything they had. The Royal Navy had a massive fleet, with over 100 ships of the line, compared with our tiny fleet of frigates, but we weren’t the pushover that they supposed us to be, and the fundamental cause of the conflict was the Royal Navy‘s abuse of American citizens through impressment into service.
British, and Canadians, like to talk about the Chesapeake Campaign and the White House, but not every battle went their way, even though the Empire had the world’s largest professional military and was fighting American Citizens that had been called up or volunteered for war.
The Battle of New Orleans, was a devastating loss for the British Army, who walked into well-prepared defensive American position, full of arrogance, and lost a great deal of their officer corps to well aimed American fire. In the end, the force of 10,000 British soldiers lost nearly 300 killed in action to 13 Americans lost in action.
As was stated above, we made quite a few changes in our military following that conflict.
Since he’s not been elected, that hardly matters, he has succeeded to the throne. That’s it. He is your sovereign. Your King.
I think its because the current King is about as popular as a fart in church and just about as welcome.
Exactly. A monarchy is just that. If Canada doesn’t like it, well they know what to do. Ask the US for advice
sort of why I always admired the Bolsheviks... they completely brought that system down and put the fear of the masses into all of royalty in Europe.
And as a result their Communist ideology resulted in death camps, a massive and cruel police state and tens of millions of deaths.
yeah, Bolsheviks weren't known humanitarians.. but its worth pointing out the British invented the concentration camp and its use during the Boer War had a similar effect. Probably where the Russian Communists got the idea .
Yup, there's that old audio clip of Hockey Night In Canada where Foster Hewitt says "Hello Canada, and hockey fans in the United States and Newfoundland". Obviously pre-1949.Jesus, Mary, Joseph, B’y. You’ll have to ask da boys on the Rock what day tink. Newfoundland didn’t join Canada until 1949, so their parents might still be partial to Britain.
Joey Smallwood used to joke that he was the only living Father of Confederation.
By the Canadian Prime Minister, who doesn't always choose well. The former astronaut was a disaster.
That involved Canada getting its own constitution. Canada remains a member of the British Commonwealth.
You Americans have the Kardashians, we have the Royal Family.
Then please take the two Royals living in California. Please! I’ll spring for the U-Haul.You Americans have the Kardashians, we have the Royal Family.
The King or Queen of England is also the King or Queen of Canada. He or she is our head of state. In Canada we have a Governor General who is appointed by the King or Queen on the advice of Canada's Parliament to act in the King or Queen's place as our Head of State in his or her absence. The King or Queen and Governor General's positions are purely ceremonial positions (they have virtually no power) though the Queen is said to have asked and required answers to tough and exceedingly uncomfortable questions from time to time at her weekly meeting with the British Prime Minister (the elected Head of Government in Britain).
The King or Queen or Governor General has one important power. They appoint the government following an election and can deny a request to form a government or call an election. Recently in British Columbia the former Premier won fewer seats at an election than the other two parties who stated that they were willing to form a coalition government. The Lieutenant Governor (the equivalent of the Governor general at the provincial level) refused to let the former premier form a new government and accepted the offer of a coalition. The former premier (who had won the most seats but had no majority) in theory could have formed a government, been immediately defeated in a confidence vote, and demanded a new election. But the Lieutenant Governor wouldn't let her.
Queen Elizabeth was generally quite popular in Canada as is her grandson William who will become King on the passing of King Charles.
Does it work? Yes, quite well actually.
Could it change? Sure, but all 10 provinces and the Federal Government would have to agree on a mechanism to appoint a new Head of State. But they will never all agree so no it can't be changed.
Naturally, as the Head of State, King Charles now appears on our currency.
The King or Queen or Governor General has one important power. They appoint the government following an election and can deny a request to form a government or call an election. Recently in British Columbia the former Premier won fewer seats at an election than the other two parties who stated that they were willing to form a coalition government. The Lieutenant Governor (the equivalent of the Governor general at the provincial level) refused to let the former premier form a new government and accepted the offer of a coalition. The former premier (who had won the most seats but had no majority) in theory could have formed a government, been immediately defeated in a confidence vote, and demanded a new election. But the Lieutenant Governor wouldn't let her.
Queen Elizabeth was generally quite popular in Canada as is her grandson William who will become King on the passing of King Charles.
Does it work? Yes, quite well actually.
Could it change? Sure, but all 10 provinces and the Federal Government would have to agree on a mechanism to appoint a new Head of State. But they will never all agree so no it can't be changed.
Naturally, as the Head of State, King Charles now appears on our currency.
But that would lead to publicity, which we know they dislike ... Hey, wait!Then please take the two Royals living in California. Please! I’ll spring for the U-Haul.
Agreed, and our constitutional monarchy results in fairly good government, even when the elected politicians are not particularly good.
Funny aside, Stateside, a congressional act only allows deceased former heads of state and presidents on currency, hard and foldable.
Then after the film, "Dead Presidents" (ca.1995), this popular movie may have misguided many americans as now an informal survey has shown that quite a sizeable marjority of respondents think Ben Franlkin and Alex Hamilton were also former U.S. Presidents.
May be the popular play and musical will correct that latter.
Then after the film, "Dead Presidents" (ca.1995), this popular movie may have misguided many americans as now an informal survey has shown that quite a sizeable marjority of respondents think Ben Franlkin and Alex Hamilton were also former U.S. Presidents.
May be the popular play and musical will correct that latter.
