We are better off with an unelected governor-general who fills a ceremonial role and stays out of politics, but whose office is anchored in continuity and tradition, while elected politicians come and go in regular cycles. Too many republics that elect both their head of government, often in the form of a prime minister, and their head of state, in the form of a president, wind up entangled in power struggles between the two offices, or see them join forces to usurp democratic rights (Turkey and Russia, for instance).Ĭanada’s constitutional monarchy, with a ceremonial head of state, is far more boring – thankfully. In fact, having our head of state reside overseas is a lucky accident of history. The rest of the world sees this country for what it actually is: a sovereign democracy and a member of the Group of Seven nations.
Some bemoan the fact that having our head of state in Buckingham Palace makes Canada seem like, well, a colony.
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