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From: sahayman@watmath.UUCP (Steve Hayman)
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Subject: Re: The Commonwealth
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Date: Fri, 25-Jul-86 12:24:58 EDT
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Jim Robinson writes:
>I'm curious. Is the Queen of *Canada* Canadian because she was born
>in this country, or is she Canadian by way of naturalization?

Clearly the Queen is not a native-born Canadian.  But so what?
Since the Dawn of Time (i.e. 1867) Canada has had a foreign-born
monarch.  It's part of the definition of this country.  I'm sure
she considers herself to be Canadian (and Australian, Kenyan etc.)
I wonder what the legal status of her citizenship is?

What I would like to see is our *own* monarchy, maybe derived from
the current monarchy.  Perhaps we could have a branch monarchy,
headed by Prince Andrew.  Have him move over here, have some
Canadian kids, maybe make the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C. into
"Palace Canada".   This would let us retain the connection with the
past that the current monarchy provides, while appeasing the many
people who object to having a "foreign" head of state.

I think a Canadian monarchy would be a great addition to our national
identity, provided there's some way we can keep the Commonwealth link.

Of course if Prince Andrew isn't available, I'd have to cast
my vote for Phil Esposito.

Steve Hayman